Year: 2011
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Maksimainen, Johanna Aspects of Values in Human-Technology Interaction Design—A Content-Based View to Values Jyvaskyla: University of Jyvaskyla, 2011, 111 p. (Jyvaskyla Studies in Computing ISSN 1456-5390; 144) ISBN 978-951-39-4570-1 (nid.) ISBN 978-951-39-4571-8 (PDF) In this dissertation, values in human-technology interaction (HTI) are discussed within a content-based framework. In this approach, human thinking in different contexts is set at the focal point. Attention is devoted to those cognitive processes through which mental representations are constructed as well as to the information contents of mental representations. In content-based reference frame mental contents are in decisive role for understanding human behaviour. To explain the differences in HTI design in the behavioural patterns of professionals and their respective mental representations, together with an examination of values, which are traditionally studied through multidisciplinary methods typically conceived as a type of knowledge that guides the principles of actions and perceptions is extended in this study to mental contents. Herein the content-based perspective of designers’ values is presented as linked to ethics. By applying content-based analysis to an examination of conceptual contents and through interpreting those processes of values, it is possible to reach a deeper view of the cognitive mechanisms which lie as the motivational foundation of human behaviours, such as professional practices. In the field of information and communication technologies (ICTs), specifically HTI design, this study intends to explore the role of values; their formulation and functioning. This study stresses the importance of internalized values among HTI designers and other actors in the ICT field when ensuring systems such as eLearning applications that would empower their users through their subjective choices. The content-based approach is applied not only to participants in the field of HTI design, but also to various sorts of texts, such as to declarations and IT policies. The scope of values within technology depends to a large extent on how technology is conceptualized. The last few decades has witnessed a variety of interpretations of technology that move beyond the conceptualization of technology as a neutral tool or a historical necessity. This study introduces the conceptualization of technology as primarily a sociocultural, professional and cognitive activity. The examples herein are presented through selected articles. The results provide a more comprehensive understanding of specific values at play within HTI design practices.
Author: Johanna Maksimainen
Language: English
Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1876788760