The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed.
The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed.
by Mads Soegaard and Rikke Friis Dam
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The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed.
Table of Contents
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1Interaction Design - brief introby Jonas Löwgren
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2Human Computer Interaction - brief introby John M. Carroll
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3User Experience and Experience Designby Marc Hassenzahl
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4Social Computingby Thomas Erickson
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5Visual Representationby Alan Blackwell
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6Industrial Designby Kees Overbeeke and Caroline Hummels
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7Bifocal Displayby Robert Spence and Mark Apperley
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8Contextual Designby Karen Holtzblatt and Hugh R. Beyer
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9Mobile Computingby Jesper Kjeldskov
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10End-User Developmentby Margaret M. Burnett and Christopher Scaffidi
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11Philosophy of Interactionby Dag Svanaes
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12Affective Computingby Kristina Höök
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13Requirements Engineeringby Alistair G. Sutcliffe
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14Context-Aware Computingby Albrecht Schmidt
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15Usability Evaluationby Gilbert Cockton
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16Activity Theoryby Victor Kaptelinin
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17Disruptive Innovationby Clayton M. Christensen
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18Open User Innovationby Eric von Hippel
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19Visual Aestheticsby Noam Tractinsky
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20Tactile Interactionby Ben Challis
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21Somaestheticsby Richard Shusterman
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22Card Sortingby William Hudson
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23Wearable Computingby Steve Mann
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24Socio-Technical System Designby Brian Whitworth and Adnan Ahmad
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25Semioticsby Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza
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26Aesthetic Computingby Paul A. Fishwick
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27Computer Supported Cooperative Workby Jonathan Grudin and Steven Poltrock
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28Phenomenologyby Shaun Gallagher
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29Formal Methodsby Alan Dix
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30Personasby Lene Nielsen
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31Ethnographyby Dave Randall and Mark Rouncefield
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323D User Interfacesby Doug A. Bowman
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33Action Researchby Ned Kock
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34Experimental Methods in Human-Computer Interactionby Paul Cairns
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35Data Visualization for Human Perceptionby Stephen Few
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38Human-Robot Interactionby Kerstin Dautenhahn
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39User Interface Design Adaptationby Fabio Paterno
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40Emotion and website designby Dianne Cyr
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41Human-Data Interactionby Richard Mortier, Hamed Haddadi, Tristan Henderson, Derek McAuley, Jon Crowcroft and Andy Crabtree
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42Design for Allby Constantine Stephanidis
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43Research through Designby Pieter Jan Stappers and Elisa Giaccardi
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44Affordancesby Victor Kaptelinin
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52Semi-structured qualitative studiesby Ann Blandford
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53Service Designby John Zimmerman and Jodi Forlizzi
Top User Experience (UX) Topics
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User Experience (UX) Design 185 articles
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Design Thinking 57 articles
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User Research 54 articles
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User Interface (UI) Design 54 articles
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Usability 50 articles
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Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) 49 articles
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Mobile User Experience (UX) Design 45 articles
Contributing Authors
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Karen Holtzblatt
CEO at InContext Design
Jodi Forlizzi
Frank Spillers
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Kristina Höök
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Alan Dix
Professor
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