Enjoying Machines

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-262-02878-3
Verlag: MIT PR

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Mit Press

An argument that pleasure is a fundamental part of why we use technology, and a framework for understanding the relationship between pleasure and technology.The dominant feature of modern technology is not how productive it makes us, or how it has revolutionized the workplace, but how enjoyable it is. We take pleasure in our devices, from smartphones to personal computers to televisions. Whole classes of leisure activities rely on technology. How has technology become such an integral part of enjoyment? In this book, Barry Brown and Oskar Juhlin examine the relationship between pleasure and technology, investigating what pleasure and leisure are, how they have come to depend on the many forms of technology, and how we might design technology to support enjoyment. They do this by studying the experience of enjoyment, documenting such activities as computer gameplay, deer hunting, tourism, and television watching. They describe technologies that support these activities, including prototype systems that they themselves developed.Brown and Juhlin argue that pleasure is fundamentally social in nature. We learn how to enjoy ourselves from others, mastering it as a set of skills. Drawing on their own ethnographic studies and on research from economics, psychology, and philosophy, Brown and Juhlin argue that enjoyment is a key concept in understanding the social world. They propose a framework for the study of enjoyment: the empirical program of enjoyment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Barry

Juhlin, Oskar

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technologie: Soziale & Ethische Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wissenssoziologie, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Techniksoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Medienpsychologie, Kommunikationspsychologie

Über Autor(innen)

Juhlin, Oskar
Oskar Juhlin is Professor in the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University and founder of the Mobile Life VINN Excellence Center.

Brown, Barry
Barry Brown is Professor in Human Computer Interaction at the University of Stockholm and Research Director of the Mobile Life VINN Excellence Center.

Barry Brown is Professor in Human Computer Interaction at the University of Stockholm and Research Director of the Mobile Life VINN Excellence Center. Oskar Juhlin is Professor in the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University and founder of the Mobile Life Vinn Excellence Center.