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100 1 $aJohnson, Robert R.,$d1951-
245 10 $aUser-centered technology :$ba rhetorical theory for computers and other mundane artifacts /$cRobert R. Johnson.
260 $aAlbany :$bState University of New York Press,$c©1998.
300 $axviii, 195 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
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490 1 $aSUNY series, Studies in scientific and technical communication
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 171-187) and index.
505 0 $aPart 1: Situating technology -- Users, technology, and the complex(ity) of the mundane: some "out of the ordinary" thoughts -- Refiguring the end of technology: rhetoric and the complex of use -- Part 2: Complicating technology -- Not just for idiots anymore: practice, production, and users' ways of knowing -- Human factors and the tech(no)logical: putting user-centered design into perspective -- Sociology, history, and philosophy: technological determinism along the disciplinary divides -- Part 3: Communicating technology -- When all else fails, use the instructions: local knowledge, negotiation, and the construction of user-centered computer documentation -- Technical communication, ethics, curricula" user-centered studies and the technical rhetorician.
520 $aUser-Centered Technology presents a theoretical model for examining technology through a user perspective. Johnson begins with a historical overview of the problem of technological use from the ancient Greeks to the present day - a problem seen most clearly in historical discussions of rhetoric theory. The central portion of the book elaborates on user-centered theory by defining three focal issues of the theory: user knowledge, human-technology interaction, and technological determinism.
520 8 $aWorking from an interdisciplinary perspective, Johnson uses rhetoric theory to present a definition of user knowledge; human factors engineering to illuminate the ideological presuppositions built into technology design; and history, philosophy, and sociology to explain technological determinism, possibly the greatest impediment to user-centered technology development in modern times. The latter part of the book applies user-centered theory in two contexts: the nonacademic sphere, where the writing and design of computer user documentation is discussed, and the academic sphere, through a discussion of how user-centered concepts might drive university technical communication and composition curricula.
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650 0 $aUser interfaces (Computer systems)
650 0 $aHuman engineering.
650 0 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects.
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650 17 $aComputersystemen.$2gtt
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830 0 $aSUNY series, Studies in scientific and technical communication.
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