EECS 4461 Test Review

two important persepctives of 4461 for examination are (casa):

computational artefact and sociotechnical arrangement

computational artefact

tech considered in terms of how it is created/operated

sociotechnical arrangement

tech considered in terms of relationships among systems, people, organizations, etc

to examine a media tech as a comp-artefact:

focus on what components it contains, how info is presented, algs, data structures

to examine a media tech as a socio-arrangement:

focus on how it operates thru relationships among society, ask who develops. operates, uses it, etc

interactive comp(utational) media

comp tech and arrangements related with creation, organization, connection of text and multimedia

platformed media system

media system in which activity is organized through comp platforms that provide structure for creating and interacting with media content

mediation

participation of tech in shaping conditions, possibilities, forms, and consequences of HCI

algorithmic mediation

shaping of media visibility, circulation, interaction thru algs (ranking, recs, filtering)

generative mediation

shaping of media visibility, circulation, interaction thru systems that generate, transform, modify media

belief

“I think X is true”

true belief

“I believe that X is true, and X is in fact true”

justified belief

“I have good reason for believing that X is true via evidence, observations, reasoning”

knowledge (JTB)

a belief that is true and can be justified — important to note social aspect of knowledge such as what counts as evidence

evidence is bounded

evidence only provide access to only some aspects under certain conditions, other aspects remain unknown

claim

an assertion or statement made without evidence

data

recorded, represented observations, symbols, anything that can be further analyzed

information

data, content made meaningful within context

meaning-making

process which ppl interpret material in relation to context, conventions, prior understanding

text

language that is functional and doing a “job” in some context. May be spoken, written or expressed in other mediums

medium/media

means or arrangement thru which info, communication occurs. May involve material, technical, social arrangements rather than content format

artefact

human made obj or arrangement that can be used. Devices and machines are artefacts, but can include interfaces, protocols, etc

technology

includes artefacts, techniques, orgs, systems, infrastructures

digital technology

tech that depends on digital representation, computation, storage, etc includes both hardware and software as well as protocols, standards..

hypertext

text organized thru links, enables readers to move thru relationships among them

hypermedia

linked or navigable media that may include, imgs, vids, audio etc (text too)

multimedia

combination of multiple media forms within system (ex. vids, imgs, audio on a page)

associative linking

the way pieces of info, media, meaning are connected to one another through a BOA

basis

why two pieces of info are associated

basis of association (PSSSCSI)

personal association, semantic relation, source relation, similarity, categorization, spatial relation, inferred user interest

personal association

connection between two ideas because one reminds of the other

semantic relation

web page links to another page cause they are related

source relation

doc points to another source for evidence or further reading

similarity

app recs something similar to what user has previously accessed (ex. music)

categorization

items are placed under shared subject headings

spatial relation

map connects location to neaby places, routes, imgs

inferred user interest

platform feed displays content predicted to be relevant, engaging

linear organization

material arranged in single ordered line, sequence

hierarchical organization

organization which connections among units are enacted thru levels, categories

networked organization

material arranged as nodes connected by mult relations, w/out requiring central root

multilinear organization

material arranged so more than one path/sequence thru it is possible

traversal

means/methods a user goes from one point to another

fixed traversal

movement thru material follows a pre selected order

selectable traversal

user chooses among possible paths/links

branching traversal

movement proceeds thru branches that lead to diff paths

search-based traversal

movement begins from query/retreival process

recommendation-based traversal

movement shaped by system-gen suggestions, rankins, feeds

nonlinear

common but sometimes imprecise term for organization or traversal not restricted to a fixed path (selectable, branching)

non-mechanized link following

following a connection thru human interpretation or manual action rather than thru auto/interactive tech operation

example of NMLF

reader sees footnote, cross-reference then manually locates related material

mechanized link following

using a tech system to make following a link an operation instead of a manual act

example of MLF

clicking a hyperlink, querying causes system to present related material