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Web Science and Human-Computer Interaction:
When Disciplines Collide

Clare Hooper1, Alan Dix2,3

1 Culture Lab, University of Newcastle, UK
2 Talis, Birmingham, UK
3 School of Computer Science, Universty of Birmingham, UK

Presented at WebSci'12, Evanston, Illinois, 22-24 June 2012

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Abstract

Web Science and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) are interdisciplinary arenas concerned with the intersection of people and technology. After introducing the two disciplines we discuss overlaps and notable differences between them, covering subject matter, scope and methodology. Given the longer history of HCI, we identify and discuss some potential lessons that the Web Science community may be able to take from this field. These concern: the division between interpretivist and positivist approaches; methods and methodology; evaluation; and design focus and methods. In summary, this paper clarifies the relationship between the communities, signposting complementary aspects and ways in which they might collaborate in future.

Keywords: spreading activation, reasoning, linked open data, context

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Full reference:
C. Hooper and A. Dix (2012). Web Science and Human-Computer Interaction: When Disciplines Collide. In Proceedings of WebSci'12ACM. doi:10.1145/2380718.2380736. pp. 128-136
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Fig1. The original 'Web Science butterfly' [31].
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Fig. 2. Web Science 'heat map', showing
discipline presence [18]. Green denotes greater presence, yellow middling presence, red low presence
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Fig. 3. The 'HCI + Web Science butterfly'
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Fig. 4. The HCI heat map
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Fig. 5. How HCI and Web Science relate (first
impressions)
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Fig. 6. Scope of HCI and Web Science (first impressions)
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Fig. 7. Scope of HCI and Web Science – scale of human
phenomena vs. kind of technology
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Fig. 8. Scope of HCI and Web Science – human scale vs.
methodological stance
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