Regarding Value in Digital Serendipitous Interactions

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2016

Authors

Ricardo Melo (Author) Other; Miguel Carvalhais (Author) FBAUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts

Vol. 8

Pages: 37-44

ISSN: 1646-9798

Publisher: Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 1 Citation

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00M-GPH

Abstract (EN): Digital technologies have become our privileged method of interacting with information. With their ubiquity, and focus on personalisation, optimisation and functionality, chance and accidental interactions in the Digital Medium are being replaced with filtered, predictable and known ones, limiting the scope of possible user experiences. In order to promote the design of richer experiences that go beyond the functionally-driven paradigm, we propose that digital systems be designed in order to favour serendipity. Through a literature-based analysis of serendipity, we explore the distinct meanings of value that are possible with serendipitous systems, offering examples of the current state of the art, observing the methods used to do so, and proposing a possible typology, while highlighting unexplored fields, experiences and interactions.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8