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Exploring the Referral and Usage of Science Fiction in HCI Literature

Authors : Philipp Jordan, Omar Mubin, Mohammad Obaid, Paula Alexandra Silva

Published in: Design, User Experience, and Usability: Designing Interactions

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Research on science fiction (sci-fi) in scientific publications has indicated the usage of sci-fi stories, movies or shows to inspire novel Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research. Yet no studies have analysed sci-fi in a top-ranked computer science conference at present. For that reason, we examine the CHI main track for the presence and nature of sci-fi referrals in relationship to HCI research. We search for six sci-fi terms in a dataset of 5812 CHI main proceedings and code the context of 175 sci-fi referrals in 83 papers indexed in the CHI main track. In our results, we categorize these papers into five contemporary HCI research themes wherein sci-fi and HCI interconnect: (1) Theoretical Design Research; (2) New Interactions; (3) Human-Body Modification or Extension; (4) Human-Robot Interaction and Artificial Intelligence; and (5) Visions of Computing and HCI. In conclusion, we discuss results and implications located in the promising arena of sci-fi and HCI research.

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Title: Exploring the Referral and Usage of Science Fiction in HCI Literature
Authors: Philipp Jordan
Omar Mubin
Mohammad Obaid
Paula Alexandra Silva
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Design, User Experience, and Usability: Designing Interactions
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-91802-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-91803-7

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91803-7_2

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