User-centered technology in participatory culture: Two decades "Beyond a narrow conception of usability testing"

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 320-332

  Johnson, Robert R ^a   Salvo, Michael J ^b   Zoetewey, Meredith W ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical research; History; Methodology; Participatory design; Rhetoric; Science; Usability; User centered design

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DESIGN; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

USABILITY TESTING; USER-CENTERED TECHNOLOGY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 38149094879     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2007.908730     Document Type: Article

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