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Human-Computer Interaction and Sociological Insight: a Theoretical Examination and Experiment in Building Affinity in Small Groups Michael Oren Iowa State University Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2011 Human-computer interaction and sociological insight: A theoretical examination and experiment in building affinity in small groups Michael Oren Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Psychology Commons Recommended Citation Oren, Michael, "Human-computer interaction and sociological insight: A theoretical examination and experiment in building affinity in small groups" (2011). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 12200. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/12200 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Human-computer interaction and sociological insight: A theoretical examination and experiment in building affinity in small groups by Michael Anthony Oren A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Co-Majors: Human Computer Interaction; Sociology Program of Study Committee: Stephen B. Gilbert, Co-major Professor William F. Woodman, Co-major Professor Daniel Krier Brian Mennecke Anthony Townsend Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2011 Copyright © Michael Anthony Oren, 2011. All rights reserved. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................. iv LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................... v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................... vi ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................................... viii CHAPTER 1. Overview ........................................................................................................... 1 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1 Dissertation Organization .................................................................................................. 2 2. Exploring a Transition ........................................................................................................ 2 3. Philosophical and Ethical Overview ................................................................................... 8 Intellectual Heritage & Theoretical Framework .............................................................. 11 4. Intellectual Contributions .................................................................................................. 15 5. Measuring Social Affinity ................................................................................................. 17 Background ....................................................................................................................... 17 Framework for Measuring Affinity ................................................................................... 19 Example Usage ................................................................................................................. 25 CHAPTER 2. Moving Forward Without Moving Back: The Place of Classic Sociological Theory in Modern Times .................................................................................................. 27 Abstract ................................................................................................................................... 27 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 27 2. Defining Sociology ........................................................................................................... 30 Examining the Contemporary Definition .......................................................................... 34 3. Sociological Methods ........................................................................................................ 38 Historical Foundations of Methods .................................................................................. 41 Classic Sociological Methods ........................................................................................... 45 4. Resurrecting And Restructuring Sociology ...................................................................... 52 Pruning and Salvaging ..................................................................................................... 53 Classic Critique of Contemporary Approaches ................................................................ 53 Extensions of the Trunk ..................................................................................................... 58 5. Moving Forward ............................................................................................................... 61 6. Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 66 CHAPTER 3. ConvoCons: Encouraging Affinity on Multitouch Interfaces ......................... 69 Abstract ................................................................................................................................... 69 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 69 2. Phase 1 ConvoCons .......................................................................................................... 72 3. Phase 2 ConvoCons .......................................................................................................... 75 4. Phase 3 ConvoCons .......................................................................................................... 78 5. Phase 4 ConvoCons .......................................................................................................... 80 6. Conclusions ....................................................................................................................... 82 7. Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................... 83 CHAPTER 4. Building Better Design Teams: Enhancing Group Affinity to Aid Collaborative Design ........................................................................................................ 84 Abstract ................................................................................................................................... 84 iii 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 84 2. Background & Context ..................................................................................................... 87 3. The ConvoCons Approach ................................................................................................ 89 4. ConvoCons System Architecture ...................................................................................... 90 5. Methods 91 6. Results 98 7. Discussion ....................................................................................................................... 105 8. Conclusion ...................................................................................................................... 107 9. Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................... 108 CHAPTER 5. Distributed Creative Teams: A Tool for Building Affinity Among Distributed Designers ......................................................................................................................... 109 Abstract ................................................................................................................................. 109 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 109 2. Q1 Promoting Awareness of Privileged Information ....................................................... 111 3. Q2 & Q3 Improving Social Affinity ................................................................................. 118 4. Results ............................................................................................................................... 121 5. Discussion ......................................................................................................................... 127 6. Conclusion ...................................................................................................................... 128 7. Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................... 130 CHAPTER 6. Society-Computer Interaction: Toward a New Direction in Human-Computer Interaction and Social Computing .................................................................................. 131 Abstract ................................................................................................................................. 131 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................
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