Theory and Practice of Sociosensitive and Socioactive Systems

Brief presentation and key project results.- Structure of this book and instructions for use.- What is social appropriateness? Voices from 90 years of research.- The FASA model.- Social appropriateness tree structures.-  Application of the FASA model to technical systems.-  Reflections on sociosensitive and socioactive technology.- Glossary.

Jacqueline Bellon M.A., Research Associate at the University of Siegen, Research College 'Shaping the Future Humanly' (FoKoS); main research interests: Philosophy of technology, epistemology, history of ideas and philosophy of psychology/cognitive sciences, cultural theory and social philosophy.Prof. Dr. Friederike Eyssel, Professor of Applied Social Psychology and Gender Research in the Department of Psychology and at the Center for Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) at Bielefeld University; research interests: social psychological aspects of successful human-machine interaction; experimental gender research, applied social psychology.Dr. Bruno Gransche, research associate at the University of Siegen, Research College 'Shaping the Human Future' (FoKoS) and at the Institute for Technology Futures at KIT Karlsruhe; main research interests: Philosophy of new human-technology relations, philosophy of technology, ethics, foresight/ futurology, philosophy of time, technology/vision assessments.Sebastian Nähr-Wagener M.A., research assistant at the University of Siegen, Research College 'Shaping the Future Humanly' (FoKoS); main research interests: Philosophy of language and argumentation, philosophy and ethics of technology, social philosophy and general ethics as well as philosophy of knowledge and science.Dr. Ricarda Wullenkord, research associate at the Center for Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) at Bielefeld University; main research interests: Measurement and change of attitudes towards robots, robot groups, socio-psychological factors influencing breastfeeding behaviour.