HCI Theory : Classical, Modern, and Contemporary


Yvonne. Rogers
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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San Rafael : : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, , 2012.
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1 online resource (131 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Preface; Acknowledgments; Figure Credits; Introduction; Burgeoning HCI; Conceptualizing HCI: From Paradigms to Frameworks; Aims of the Book; Parallels with Art History; The Backdrop to HCI Theory; Transforming Society; HCI's Growing Pains; Adolescent HCI; Grown-up HCI: Reframing Theory; The Role and Contribution of Theory in HCI; Introduction; Importing Theory; Different Roles and Expectations; A Taxonomy of HCI Theory: Classical, Modern and Contemporary; Classical Theories; Body of Knowledge; Applying Basic Research; Cognitive Modeling; Modern Theories; External Cognition. - Cognitive DimensionsWright et al.'s Resources Model; Distributed Cognition; Ecological Psychology; Situated Action; Ethnomethodology and Ethnography; CSCW Theories; Activity Theory; Grounded Theory; Hybrid Theories; Contemporary Theory; Human Values; Turn to Design; Turn to Culture; Turn to the Wild; Turn to Embodiment; The Next Turn; Discussion; Most Successful; Somewhat less Successful; Not so Successful; Moving Theory Forward: New Framings; Summary; Bibliography; Author's Biography. - Theory is the bedrock of many sciences, providing a rigorous method toadvance knowledge through testing and falsifying hypotheses aboutobservable phenomena. To begin with, the nascent field of HCI followedsuit, borrowing theories from cognitive science to test theories aboutuser performance at the interface.But HCI has emerged as an eclectic interdiscipline rather than a welldefinedscience. It now covers all aspects of human life, from birth tobereavement, through all manner of computing, from device ecologiesto nanotechnology. It comes as no surprise that the role of theory in HCIhas also gre
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