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Human-tech : ethical and scientific foundations / Kim J. Vicente ; edited and with commentary by Alex Kirlik.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vicente, Kim J.
- Series:
- Oxford series in human-technology interaction.
- Oxford series in human technology interaction
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human-computer interaction.
- Information technology--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Information technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The articles collected in this book provide much of the technical material behind the work that was presented in 'The Human Factor', and the commentaries by Alex Kirlik situate these articles in their broader historical, scientific and ethical context.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. The Origins of Human-tech; 3. A Human-tech Research Agenda and Approach; 4. Inventing Possibilities: Understanding Work Systems and Tasks; 5. Psychological Distance: Manipulating an Interface versus Controlling a System; 6. Statistics for Human-tech Research; 7. Constructing the Subject: Cognitive Modeling; 8. Sociotechnical Systems, Risk, and Error; 9. Nested Systems: Economic, Cultural, and Political Dimensions; References; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M
- NO; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Jan. 12, 2011).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-045418-0
- 0-19-978045-5
- 9786612792700
- 1-282-79270-9
- OCLC:
- 669516484
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