Title
Towards a communication model applied to the interface design process
Abstract
The design of computational artifacts involves many communication acts occurring through different channels; usability tests, for example, have been used as a main communication channel between designers and users. Other channels used during the design process include requirement analysis, scenario construction, prototyping, etc. This work takes the Westley and MacLehan communication model and projects it into the context of interactive artifact design, resulting in a model of fractal nature. Some channels already present during the design process fit in well with the model we are proposing. It also reveals that other channels have not been explored in the global process of communication. Thus, we show how a semiotic-based analysis can unify techniques, methods and tools that support design, as well as make explicit the necessary interactions among designers, users and computers through different channels.
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1016/S0950-7051(01)00141-1
Knowledge-Based Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
Communication,Semiotics,Design process
Communication design,Computer science,Semiotics,Usability,Requirements analysis,Communication channel,Models of communication,Human–computer interaction,Engineering design process,Design process
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
14
8
0950-7051
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Juliana P. Salles1705.26
Maria Cecília Calani Baranauskas233963.84
Roberto da Silva Bigonha38613.36