In recent years the mainstream framework for human-computer interaction
researchinformation processing cognitive psychology has come under increasing criticism …

In this paper we argue that games and play research in the field of Human-Computer
Interaction can usefully be understood as existing within 4 distinct research paradigms. We …

HCI Models, Theories, and Frameworks provides a thorough pedagological survey of the
science of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). HCI spans many disciplines and professions …

This tutorial introduces participants to Activity Theory, a conceptual approach that provides a
broad framework for describing the structure, development, and context of computer …

Semiotics is the science of signs: graphical, such as pictures; verbal (writing or sounds); or
others such as body gestures and clothes. Computer semiotics studies the special nature of …

Das völlig überarbeitete und erweiterte Pionierwerk von Hanna Risku bietet eine neue Sicht
auf die kognitiven Grundlagen des Übersetzens und analysiert aktuelle Entwicklungen in …

This paper reflects on the managerialistic orthodoxy of knowledge management in order to
show that a critical communications theory is required for addressing real political and …

User Interfaces for All is the first book dedicated to the issues of Universal Design and
Universal Access in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Universal Design (or …

This book is the first to directly address the question of how to bridge what has been termed
the" great divide" between the approaches of systems developers and those of social …

There can be no doubt that in 1896 John Dewey was anticipating important aspects of what
we now know as activity theory.(Tolman & Pikkola, 1989, p. 46) I find myself these days as a …