Can human-computer interaction be considered a drama?Laurel says yesLaurel says yes.This excerpt Aristotle’s Poetics guide lines for a beautiful drama to compare the parts of HCI to those of drams.Aristotle says that a drama in an Organic Whole, to say that it is a collection of necessary components. Action Character ThoughtLanguageLanguage PatternEnactmentEnactment Action CharacterThoughtThought Language Pattern EnactmentEnactmentStl I th t t f b th d d HCI d Spectacle –Is the sensory out put of both drama and HCI and traditionally is audio and visual. Though there are several examples of stimulation of the other sensory functions of tactile, taste, and smell. This is why spectacle is not only visual. These sensory yp y yphenomena are the building blocks of drama and HCI. Action CharacterThoughtThought Language PatternPattern EnactmentTh ti f tt i l bl f h I d thi The perception of patterns is pleasurable for humans. In drama this mostly comes from auditory melody of speech. In computer interaction this pattern can take place with visual and other sensory pleasing arrangements.pgg Action CharacterThoughtThought LanguageLanguage Pattern EnactmentThe expression of thought through words is diction. The HCI e e p esso o oug oug o ds s dc o . e C expresses itself from its own language of icons, menus, alert sounds, and animation sequences. Action CharacterThoughtThoughtThoughtThought Language Pattern EnactmentD d HCI b th t th ht Th ht ti Drama and HCI both represent thought. Thoughts cause actions. Thoughts are the internal unseen processing of external inputs. A character’s thoughts are implied by their actions, the same is expressed through a computer’s output and carried out by its pgpp yprogramming. Action CharacterCharacterThoughtThought Language Pattern EnactmentCharacters or agents are representations of the actions. You can have a drama with no characters as long as there is an action. And even thought it seems as if the characters are in control of their actions, truly there actions are only their to show the action. Computers also are agents of actions Computers also are agents of actions. ActionAction CharacterThoughtThought Language Pattern EnactmentThe action is the collection of the whole. A drama is an object made up of incidents that are structurally related to one another A drama up of incidents that are structurally related to one another. A drama represents an action. A good action is not so long that you forget the beginning. It is pleasing to people to know an end to an action. A beautiful drama or interaction is when the organic whole works well together lik b ilike a being.Developed in 1979 for Atari by Douglas Neubauer Exposition –scanning of galactic chart Rising action – encounters Zylon ship Crisis – threat to star bases Climax – moment when outcome determined Denouement – action from climax till finale Conclusion – star fleet rating
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