Seminar: ConvoCons
Seminar: ConvoCons
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm |
| Location: | 8 Curtiss |
| Cost: | free |
| Phone: | 515-294-2179 |
| Categories: | Lectures |
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"ConvoCons, a system of conversational icons to unobtrusively encourage affinity among collaborators (using Bonnie Nardi's framework for social connection)," Michael Oren, Ph.D. student, ISU sociology This is a 2-for-1 talk, with the first half devoted to an overview of human-computer interaction (HCI) and synergies between HCI and sociology and discussing the growing need for social scientists to help inform the design of computer applications. The second half of the talk will present the results of a lab experiment where the graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer application was manipulated in an attempt to promote incidental conversations for the purpose of increasing conversational and behavioral affinity within groups. The results suggest that the experimental group (n=9 dyads) had 40% more signs of overall affinity compared to the control group (n=9 dyads) without any adverse affects on task completion time. |
