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How We Cope with Digital Technology (Paperback)
Series: Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics
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Digital technology has become a defining characteristic of modern
life. Almost everyone uses it, we all rely on it, and many of us
own a multitude of devices. What is more, we all expect to be able
to use these technologies "straight out the box." This lecture
discusses how we are able to do this without apparent problems. We
are able to use digital technology because we have learned to cope
with it. "To cope" is used in philosophy to mean "absorbed
engagement," that is, we use our smart phones and tablet computers
with little or no conscious effort. In human-computer interaction
this kind of use is more often described as intuitive. While this,
of course, is testament to improved design, our interest in this
lecture is in the human side of these interactions. We cope with
technology because we are familiar with it. We define familiarity
as the readiness to engage with technology which arises from being
repeatedly exposed to it-often from birth. This exposure involves
the frequent use of it and seeing people all around us using it
every day. Digital technology has become as common a feature of our
everyday lives as the motor car, TV, credit card, cutlery, or a
dozen other things which we also use without conscious
deliberation. We will argue that we cope with digital technology in
the same way as we do these other technologies by means of this
everyday familiarity. But this is only half of the story. We also
regularly support or scaffold our use of technology. These
scaffolding activities are described as "epistemic actions" which
we adopt to make it easier for us to accomplish our goals. With
digital technology these epistemic actions include appropriating it
to more closer meet our needs. In summary, coping is a situated,
embodied, and distributed description of how we use digital
technology.
General
Imprint: |
Morgan and Claypool Life Sciences
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics |
Release date: |
July 2013 |
First published: |
July 2013 |
Authors: |
Phil Turner
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Dimensions: |
235 x 191 x 6mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
109 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-62705-101-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Computing & IT >
Social & legal aspects of computing >
General
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LSN: |
1-62705-101-5 |
Barcode: |
9781627051019 |
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