Mgr. Ondřej Liška

Bachelor's thesis

Robots as Human Beings: The Uncanny Valley in American Sci-fi Film

Robots as Human Beings: The Uncanny Valley in American Sci-fi Film
Abstract:
Tato práce analyzuje filmy Blade Runner, Bicentennial Man a I, Robot s ohledem na teorii The Uncanny Valley od Masahira Mori aby identifikovala problémy přítomné v americké společnosti které jsou osloveny zvolenými filmy skrz „the uncanny valley.“ První část práce zkoumá teorii The Uncanny Valley jako takovou a vysvětluje proč je The Uncanny Valley použita k analýze filmů místo častěji používané teorie …more
Abstract:
This thesis analyses the films Blade Runner, Bicentennial Man and I, Robot in relation to The Uncanny Valley theory by Masahiro Mori in order to search for issues present in American society that are addressed by the selected films through the uncanny valley. The first part of the thesis explores The Uncanny Valley theory itself and explains why The Uncanny Valley is used in the analyses of the films …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 30. 11. 2010

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 7. 2. 2011
  • Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D.

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