35 research outputs found
Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Which Is the Most Convincing of Them All? Exploring Anti-Domestic Violence Posters.
Although domestic abuse of women by men has received significant media, police, and research attention, domestic violence directed toward men has been marginalized across the board and is still rarely treated seriously. The purpose of this research, then, is to examine and compare different anti-domestic violence messages in which the abuser's gender is not always clear. In Study 1, 200 U.K. participants (100 females and 100 males, aged 18-67, M = 28.98, SD = 9.613) evaluated posters that varied across three levels; in that the subject (male or female) was depicted as being silenced, bruised, or experiencing live abuse. The results showed that the posters featuring female victims were all rated as more effective than posters showing male victims. In Study 2, 140 different U.K. participants (95 females; 45 males) aged 18 to 59 (M = 27.27, SD = 10.662) evaluated the cartoon facial images of Disney characters who had been altered to look like victims of violence and real-life corresponding photos of human models. The results showed that the realistic posters were found to be more believable, emotional, and effective than the cartoons. The implications of such perceptions are discussed
What is Good Design in the Eyes of Older Users?
With the population of older consumers increasing and with the recent changes in
legislation and attitudes towards this group, there have been corresponding changes
in product design practice and a growing attempt to adopt an inclusive design
approach. This recognises that people can become excluded from using products,
services or environments if the needs and capabilities of all potential users are not
taken into account. The inclusive design approach has developed from
collaborations between industry, designers and researchers. One major influence
in this area is the i~design project, whose definition is simply that âinclusive
design is better designâ (EDC, 2011). The Inclusive Design Toolkit website, a key
output from the i~design project, states that a successful product must be
âfunctional, usable, desirable and ultimately profitableâ and that a key to good
design is to reduce the demand on the user when capabilities decline with age or
disability (EDC, 2011).
It is also important to consider more emotional aspects, such as social
acceptability and whether the potential user would actually want to use or be seen
using the product (Keates and Clarkson, 2003). Other authors also emphasise that
whilst inclusive design research and practice to date have focused primarily on the
physical accessibility and usability of products, a better understanding is required
of peopleâs emotional needs, such as social acceptability and desirability of
products (Coleman et al, 2007; Lee, 2010). Similar views regarding the required
shift in design focus are reflected in a number of other sources: the need to
consider the less tangible human factors such as identity, emotion, delight and selfexpression
(Cassim et al, 2007); simplicity, aesthetics, pleasure, personality,
conspicuousness and fashion (Pullin, 2009); the productâs visual appearance (Crilly
et al, 2004); creating pleasurable experiences (Demirbilek and Sener, 2003; Jordan,
2000); and the importance of the emotional aspects of design for a successful
product (Norman, 2004), as well as needs related to specific cognitive conditions
(e.g. Baumers and Heylighen, 2010)
The psychosocial impact of home use medical devices on the lives of older people: a qualitative study
Background
Increased life expectancy and the accompanying prevalence of chronic conditions have led to the focus and delivery of health care migrating from the hospital and into peopleâs homes. While previous studies have investigated the integration of particular types of medical devices into the home, it was our intention to describe how medical devices are integrated into the lives of older people.
Methods
Adopting a qualitative study design, 12 older people, who used medical devices in the home, took part in in-depth, semi structured interviews. In 7 of the interviews participants and their partners were interviewed together. These interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed thematically.
Results
Two themes were constructed that describe how medical devices that are used in the home present certain challenges to older people and their partners in how the device is adopted and the personal adaptations that they are required to make. The first theme of 'self-esteemâ highlighted the psychological impact on users. The second theme of 'the social device' illustrated the social impact of these devices on the user and the people around them.
Conclusions
We found that these devices had both a positive and negative psychosocial impact on usersâ lives. An improved understanding of these psychological and social issues may assist both designers of medical devices and the professionals who issue them to better facilitate the integration of medical devices into the homes and lives of older people
Retrospective analysis of individual risk factors for urethrocutaneous fistula after onlay hypospadias repair in pediatric patients
Emotional design and human-robot interaction
Recent years have shown an increase in the importance of emotions applied to the Design field - Emotional Design. In this sense, the emotional design aims to elicit (e.g., pleasure) or prevent (e.g., displeasure) determined emotions, during human product interaction. That is, the emotional design regulates the emotional interaction between the individual and the product (e.g., robot). Robot design has been a growing area whereby robots are interacting directly with humans in which emotions are essential in the interaction. Therefore, this paper aims, through a non-systematic literature review, to explore the application of emotional design, particularly on Human-Robot Interaction. Robot design features (e.g., appearance, expressing emotions and spatial distance) that affect emotional design are introduced. The chapter ends with a discussion and a conclusion.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio