Probably not a game: Playing with the AI in the ritual of taking pictures on the mobile phone

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Probably not a game : Playing with the AI in the ritual of taking pictures on the mobile phone. / Neumayer, Christina; Sicart, Miguel.

In: New Media & Society, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2023, p. 685–701.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Neumayer, C & Sicart, M 2023, 'Probably not a game: Playing with the AI in the ritual of taking pictures on the mobile phone', New Media & Society, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 685–701. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231158654

APA

Neumayer, C., & Sicart, M. (2023). Probably not a game: Playing with the AI in the ritual of taking pictures on the mobile phone. New Media & Society, 25(4), 685–701. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231158654

Vancouver

Neumayer C, Sicart M. Probably not a game: Playing with the AI in the ritual of taking pictures on the mobile phone. New Media & Society. 2023;25(4):685–701. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231158654

Author

Neumayer, Christina ; Sicart, Miguel. / Probably not a game : Playing with the AI in the ritual of taking pictures on the mobile phone. In: New Media & Society. 2023 ; Vol. 25, No. 4. pp. 685–701.

Bibtex

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