In my earlier work I did a gender analysis of virtual personal assistants, such as, Apple’s classic vision of the Knowledge Navigator and its distant cousin Siri.

Publication

2014, Multidimensional Gendering Processes at the Human-Computer-Interface: The Case of Siri. In: Gender-UseIT, HCI, Usability und UX unter Gendergesichtspunkten, hrsg. von Kompetenzzentrum Technik-Diversity-Chancengleichheit Hochschule Heilbronn, Nicola Marsden und Ute Kempf, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, S. 107–12. (peer reviewed)

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