Daniel Boyarski
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- Computers and communication design: exploring the rhetoric of HCI
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Responsible computers? A case for ascribing quasi-responsibility to computers independent of personhood or agency
There has been much debate whether computers can be responsible. This question is usually discussed in terms of personhood and personal characteristics, which a computer may or may not possess. If a computer fulfils the conditions required for agency or ...
Information, Ethics, and Computers: The Problem of Autonomous Moral Agents
In modern technical societies computers interact with human beings in ways that can affect moral rights and obligations. This has given rise to the question whether computers can act as autonomous moral agents. The answer to this question depends on ...
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Susan Wiedenbeck
The authors develop a model of human-computer interaction (HCI) as rhetoric. Rhetoric is the study and practice of persuasive communication. Good interfaces mediate persuasive communication between human and machine by fostering a model of the system that instills confidence in the users, providing clear and easy steps to accomplish tasks, and arousing feelings in the users that are appropriate to their goals. The authors describe several student projects that developed interfaces from a rhetorical perspective. The experience of these projects led to three conclusions about interface design: the importance of knowing the user, of early visualization, and of documentation of project activities and decisions. This paper will be of interest mainly to nonexperts. It provides a good overview of HCI as a design discipline concerned with the design of communication.
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