Approaches and Frameworks for HCI Research

The research textbook surveys the field for young HCI researchers who are making their way in the world of research.

John Long (Author)

9781108719070, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 4 March 2021

294 pages
22.7 x 15.1 x 1.7 cm, 0.45 kg

'This insightful book presents a General Framework to discuss and assess specific HCI research frameworks. This unavoidable debate is necessary to enable the HCI research community to progress and develop into a mature discipline. This fundamental book is written in a very concise and fair manner. I strongly recommend reading this book and learn from one of the best.' Matthias Rauterberg, Eindhoven University of Technology

This research textbook, designed for young Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers beginning their careers, surveys the research models and methods in use today and offers a general framework to bring together the disparate concepts. HCI spans many disciplines and professions, including information science, applied psychology, computer science, informatics, software engineering and social science making it difficult for newcomers to get a good overview of the field and the available approaches. The book's rigorous 'approach-and-framework' response is to the challenge of retaining growth and diversification in HCI research by building up a general framework from approaches for Innovation, Art, Craft, Applied, Science and Engineering. This general framework is compared with other HCI frameworks and theories for completeness and coherence, all within a historical perspective of dissemination success. Readers can use this as a model to design and assess their own research frameworks and theories against those reported in the literature.

Preface
1. Approaches and Frameworks for HCI Research
2. Approaches to HCI Research
3. Frameworks for HCI Research
4. Innovation Approach and Framework for HCI Research
5. Art Approach and Framework for HCI Research
6. Craft Approach and Framework for HCI Research
7. Applied Approach and Framework for HCI Research
8. Science Approach and Framework for HCI Research
9. Engineering Approach and Framework for HCI Research
10. General Approach and General Framework for HCI Research
11. Validating General Approach and General Framework for HCI Research
12. Assessing General Framework against Other HCI Frameworks
13. Assessing General Framework against HCI Theories
14. Methodological Component for General Framework
15. Case-studies for General Framework
16. Approaches and Frameworks for HCI Research – Lessons Learned and Lessons Remaining.

Subject Areas: Educational: IT & computing, ICT [YQTU], Human-computer interaction [UYZ], Ethical & social aspects of IT [UBJ], Robotics [TJFM1], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR]