Search results for "Implicit communication"
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Designed for unanticipated use
2003
Common artefacts have been identified as fundamental characteristics for framing activities in workplaces. Mike Robinson's article 'Design for unanticipated use...' conceptualised and defined the dimensions of common artefacts as consisting of predictability, peripheral awareness, implicit communication, double level language and overview. These dimensions have often been used in explaining unexpected uses of different applications and systems. In this paper, experiences from common artefacts as CSCW application design principles, indicating that unanticipated uses are expected and further supported, are discussed. Two distinct cases, a physical room and a software application, are presente…
Management of implicit in interaction : an experiment on non collaboration
1997
The experiment, presented to the subjects as an enquiry by means of an interview, tookplace in two stages. Stage 1 : measurement of the subjects' attitude. Only the "extremized" attitudes were retained (quite favourable, or quite unfavourable) or median (neutral). Stage 2 : the subject was invited to attend an interview during which the interviewer did not do any of the usual prompting : he stated and defended an opinion that varied according to the experimental conditions. It was either congruent or non congruent with the subjects' attitude. This argumentation was divided between seven interventions that were not developed in observing the rule of cooperation since their content was progra…