Charting Subtle Interaction in the HCI Literature

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Charting Subtle Interaction in the HCI Literature. / Pohl, Henning; Muresan, Andreea; Hornbæk, Kasper.

Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI '19. Association for Computing Machinery, 2019. 418.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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Pohl, H, Muresan, A & Hornbæk, K 2019, Charting Subtle Interaction in the HCI Literature. in Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI '19., 418, Association for Computing Machinery, 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 04/05/2019. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300648

APA

Pohl, H., Muresan, A., & Hornbæk, K. (2019). Charting Subtle Interaction in the HCI Literature. In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI '19 [418] Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300648

Vancouver

Pohl H, Muresan A, Hornbæk K. Charting Subtle Interaction in the HCI Literature. In Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI '19. Association for Computing Machinery. 2019. 418 https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300648

Author

Pohl, Henning ; Muresan, Andreea ; Hornbæk, Kasper. / Charting Subtle Interaction in the HCI Literature. Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI '19. Association for Computing Machinery, 2019.

Bibtex

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abstract = "Human-computer interaction is replete with ways of talking about qualities of interaction or interfaces, including if they are expressive, rich, fluid, or playful. An example of such a quality is subtle. While this word is frequently used in the literature, we lack a coherent account of what it means to be subtle, how to achieve subtleness in an interface, and what theoretical backing subtleness has. To create such an account, we analyze a sample of 55~publications that use the word subtle. We describe the variants of subtle interaction in the literature, including claimed benefits, empirical approaches, and ethical considerations. Not only does this create a basis for thinking about subtleness as a quality of interaction, it also works to show how to solidify varieties of quality in HCI. We conclude by outlining some open empirical and conceptual questions about subtleness.",
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