(New Book) How We Cope with Digital Technology, by Phil Turner

I am pleased to announce the publication of the latest title in Morgan &
Claypool’s series on Human-Centered Informatics: 



How We Cope with Digital Technology

Phil Turner, Edinburgh Napier University 

Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics

Paperback: 9781627051019 / $35.00 / £22.50

eBook ISBN: 9781627051026

July 2013, 109 pages
http://www.morganclaypool.com/doi/abs/10.2200/S00519ED2V01Y201307HCI018 

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. Read
More
<http://www.morganclaypool.com/doi/abs/10.2200/S00519ED2V01Y201307HCI018> 

 

 

This title is available online and can be freely downloaded by students,
staff, and faculty of institutions that that have licensed the
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of Engineering and Computer Science. The text may also be downloaded after a
one-time fee of $20.00 by individuals and members of institutions without
access to Synthesis. To find out whether or not your institution is
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Thank you and best regards,
David Schlangen

 

 

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