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Social Interaction: Do Non‐humans Count?
Author(s) -
Cerulo Karen A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
sociology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1751-9020
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00404.x
Subject(s) - sociology , action (physics) , social relation , epistemology , empirical research , social science , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
A growing body of research suggests that non‐humans play a central role in many social interactions – not simply as objects used by humans as interaction props, but as fully participating agents of action. In this essay, I examine these innovative ideas, reviewing survey data that documents this trend and theoretical and empirical work that seeks to better understand it.