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Research Issues in Art, Design and Media
ISSN 1474-2365
Website: http://www.biad.uce.ac.uk/research/riadm/
ISSUE No.3 - Understanding the User: Research Methods to Support the Digital
Media Designer
John Knight and Marie Jefsioutine
Abstract
Designing digital media products that are efficient, effective and
satisfying to use, relies on a number of research methods borrowed from
disciplines as diverse as behavioural psychology, sociology and market
research. This issue explores ways in which these methods can be adapted to
support a user-centred design process, by focusing on understanding the
user, their tasks, the context of use and the interaction between these
elements.
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Research Issues in Art, Design and Media is edited by Darren Newbury and
Nick Stanley, and published by The Research Training Initiative, Birmingham
Institute of Art and Design, University of Central England.
Research Issues welcomes submissions that provide overviews of new and
emerging themes and research topics, reflections on the process of research,
reviews of particular research methods or techniques, or discussions of
current issues in art, design and media research.
Research Issues is published three times a year (Spring, Summer, Autumn).
Each issue consists of one paper focused on a distinct topic and which
provides guidance to further reading and resources for further exploration.
The primary audience is research students, but the publication is also
likely to be of interest to research degree supervisors and other
researchers in art, design and media.
Research Issues is available via the web in standard html format for
on-screen viewing, and in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format for downloading and
printing. Past issues are archived on the site forming a useful resource for
future researchers.
Darren Newbury
Editor
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ARCHIVE
ISSUE No.1 - Diaries and Fieldnotes in the Research Process
Darren Newbury
ISSUE No.2 - So what is haptics anyway?
David Prytherch and Mairghread McLundie
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