Interactive Media: The Semiotics of Embodied Interaction

Download or read book Interactive Media: The Semiotics of Embodied Interaction written by Shaleph O'Neill and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-18 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author discusses the existing theoretical approaches of semiotically informed research in HCI, what is useful and the limitations. He proposes a radical rethink to this approach through a re-evaluation of important semiotic concepts and applied semiotic methods. Using a semiotic model of interaction he explores this concept through several studies that help to develop his argument. He concludes that this semiotics of interaction is more appropriate than other versions because it focuses on the characteristics of interactive media as they are experienced and the way in which users make sense of them rather than thinking about interface design or usability issues.