Cover story: Beyond Interaction: a short introduction to mediation theory

Peter P.C.C. Verbeek

doi:10.1145/2751314

Cover story: Beyond Interaction: a short introduction to mediation theory

Peter P.C.C. Verbeek

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences

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Abstract

Interaction is one of many possible relations between humans and technologies. Mediation theory can help designers to anticipate the impact of a product on human practices and experiences. Another approach to human-technology relations has a dialectical nature in the sense that it sees an opposition, rather than a continuity between humans and technologies. The concept of technological mediation can be helpful in investigating this hybrid character of human-technology relations.

Original language	Undefined
Pages (from-to)	26-31
Journal	Interactions (ACM)
Volume	22
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2751314
Publication status	Published - 2015

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