[Air-l] human-machine

[Denise N. Rall]

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





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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
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