Hacking agency
Apps, autism, and neurodiversity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9237457 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Teresa Demo (Department of Communication Arts and Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 277-300 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quarterly Journal of Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5630 • E-ISSN: 1479-5779 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00335630.2017.1321135 |
| OpenAlex | W2612444783 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This essay examines the complex relationship between agency and technology. I compare autism apps developed by Samsung and Toca Boca and show that while app marketing retains a human-centered notion of agency, user–app interactions distribute agency through a constellation of human and nonhuman actors. The divergence between marketing and use, as well as critiques about agency and technology within disability studies, motivates my argument for hacking agency. Whether in computer or knowledge networks, hacking is a critical process that exploits information silos for particular ends. In this essay, I seek to broaden notions of rhetorical capacity and challenge narrow approaches to intentionality so as to facilitate the attribution of agency across the neurological spectrum
Agency (philosophy) · Argument (complex analysis) · Attribution · Autism · Computer security · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Hacker · Internet privacy · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Digital Media and Philosophy · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |