Christian, et al. There is a huge literature on Human-Machine interaction, under the rubric of HCI, or Human-Computer Interaction. One annual conference organized by ACM's SIGCHI. (why HCI became CHI in this acronymn is a little puzzling, prouncability I guess). Plus an annual conference on CSCW (computer supported cooperative work) that alternates between Europe and US. You can catch up re the published Proceedings of these conferences, plus Transactions of CHI (or is it HCI) journal. plus much, much more. Alas, AoIR has not reached out to invite the folks doing this work into its activities. To mutual detriment. Many smart folks, mostly in computer science, communication science, info sci, etc. William Bainbridge is now putting together a Handbook of HCI for Berkshire Reference Works, but it will be at least 6 months before publication. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________
There is a huge literature on Human-Machine interaction, under the rubric of HCI, or Human-Computer Interaction.
And most of it is searchable here: http://www.hcibib.org
Dear Air'ers - Yeah I can't agree more! As the first book I read on this topic was Norman & Draper (ed) User-centered computer activity. (1985) I think that is the right title. Jenny Preece has a great review of HCI in her book, Introduction to HCI, (or HCi: an Introduction) Open University Press, (1994?) but there is a second edition. Good place to start to get all the theory mapped out, as there's a great deal of difference between the psychologists, the cognitive psychologists, the social cognitivists, the distributed cognitivists, the social interactionists, the cognitive engineers, the human activity theory people, the human physiologists, the interface theorists (Nardi, Bodker) the AI'ers, etc. Possibly why the AoIR'ers stay away? is there's a HUGE literature there, very very rich in implications for all forms of computer-related activity, network or individual user base - in particular, I'd like to think that most members of AoIR have, or at least see the need for, a good understanding of single user activity via the HCI literature and bring that understanding through to inteactivity via CSCW and then to interactivity at the network level . . . . Cheers, Denise ===== "The distance between here and there is growing; and getting even larger as we speak" (S. S. Hall) Denise N. Rall, PhD student, School of EnvironSciMgmt, Southern Cross Uni, Lismore, NSW, 2480 Australia Phone +61-2-6624-8627 Fax +61-2-6624-8637 Office (Tuesdays) (02) 6620 3577 Mob 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/index.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/
I wouldn't say that AoIR has "stayed away" from any topic. We welcome people from all disciplines, and with all interests as long as they are somehow related to Internet Research. The association doesn't "recruit" but instead we encourage all of our members to invite those people and research topics that they would like to see at our conferences. So, if several members (or non-members) have an interest in HCI, please, feel free to forward the call for papers to appropriate listserves or colleagues, and urge them to attend our next conference. We would be happy to welcome them. Ulla ---------------------------------------------------- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 ----------------------------------------------------
Ok, point taken. Here's the update on the Jenny Preece et al. books: Preece, J., Rogers, Y. & Sharp, H. (2002) Interaction design: Beyond human-computer interaction. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. www.id-book.com Preece, J. (2000) Online communities: Designing usability, supporting sociability. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. www.ifsm.umbc.edu/onlinecommunities Cheers, Denise ===== "The distance between here and there is growing; and getting even larger as we speak" (S. S. Hall) Denise N. Rall, PhD student, School of EnvironSciMgmt, Southern Cross Uni, Lismore, NSW, 2480 Australia Phone +61-2-6624-8627 Fax +61-2-6624-8637 Office (Tuesdays) (02) 6620 3577 Mob 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/index.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/
For all who are interested in international comparisons, the Digital Divide and Barry's works another interesting literature study: http://news.com.com/2100-1032-5098784.html?tag=cd_top Félicitations Frank Thomas ...................... Dr. Frank Thomas FTR Internet Research Rosny, France
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