What Is Interactivity?

Autor/in	Smuts, Aaron
Titel	What Is Interactivity?
Quelle	In: Journal of Aesthetic Education, 43 (2009) 4, S.53-73 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8510
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Definitions; Theories; Interaction; Technology; Art Expression; Aesthetics; Audience Participation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Begriffsbestimmung; Theory; Theorie; Interaktion; Technologie; Ästhetik; Viewer commitment; Zuschauerbeteiligung
Abstract	In this article, the author attempts to develop a definition of "interactivity" that meets two sometimes incompatible goals: the definition should be in accord with the best intuitions on how the term should be used, and it should usefully differentiate interactivity from related but incompatible concepts with which it is often confused. The author argues that the term "interactive" should be considered a general-purpose term that indicates something about that to which it is applied--whether this "something" is art, artifact, or nature. Before developing a theory of interactivity, the author analyzes five problematic definitions: (1) Terrence Rafferty's control theory, (2) Marie-Laure Ryan's making use theory, (3) David Saltz's input/output theory, (4) Dominic McIver Lopes's modifiable structure theory, and (5) Janet Murray's procedural/participatory theory. In each case, he reveals a problem that his final notion solves. After presenting a novel definition of "interactivity," the author defends the viability of his theory against several objections, including skeptical remarks that interactivity is a useless concept. (Contains 40 notes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10