"It's about the information stupid!": why we need a separate field of human-information interaction

Authors:
William Jones;Peter Pirolli;Stuart K. Card;Raya Fidel;Nahum Gershon;Peter Morville;Bonnie Nardi;Daniel M. Russell
Affiliations:
University of Washington;Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA;Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA;University of Washington, Seattle, WA;The Mitre Corporation., McLean, VA;Semantic Studios, Ann Arbor, MI;University of California - Irvine, Irvine, CA;Google, Mountain View, CA
Venue:
CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2006

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Abstract

The past few years have seen increasing discussion of the need for, even the inevitability of, a field of human-information interaction (HII) - as either a major sub-branch of human-computer interaction (HCI) or as a separate field altogether. The "I" in HII implies a focus on information and not computing technology. But what does this mean? Is there any way to focus on information without also considering the supporting tools, applications, and gadgets that are enabled by computing technology? The panel will explore both the pros and cons in favor of a separate field of HII. Panelists provide a diversity of perspectives from several disciplines and research traditions including cognitive modeling and the study of human cognition, information science, information architecture, personal information management, ethnography and anthropology.