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The semiotic inspection method

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Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza,

Carla Faria Leitão,

Raquel Oliveira Prates,

Elton José da SilvaAuthors Info & Claims

IHC '06: Proceedings of VII Brazilian symposium on Human factors in computing systems

Pages 148 - 157

https://doi.org/10.1145/1298023.1298044

Published: 19 November 2006 Publication History

Abstract

This paper describes semiotic inspection, a semiotic engineering evaluation method. It briefly identifies the essence of theory-based evaluation methods in HCI. Then it provides a detailed description and illustration of this method, which is based on a semiotic theory of HCI. It discusses its theoretical stance in semiotic engineering compared to the communicability evaluation method, as well as the perceived advantages and disadvantages of semiotic inspection. Finally, it points at the next steps in the semiotic inspection research agenda.

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