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Author Sun, Huatong, 1973-

Title Cross-cultural technology design : creating culture-sensitive technology for local users / Huatong Sun
Published New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Grounding; 1. Approaching Culture in Cross-Cultural Technology Design; 2. User Experience in Global Context; 3. Integrating Action and Meaning into Cross-Cultural Design; 4. CLUE As a Framework for Cross-Cultural User Experience Research; Part II: Experiences; 5. Sophie's Story: New Chocolate at Work; 6. Lili's Story: Pure Water in Social Network; 7. Brian's Story: Conversations Carried through My Fingers; 8. Mei's Story: "Idioms Solitaire" between Sports Fans
9. Emma's Story: More Than a Nice Gesture in a Technology-Mediated LifePart III: Implications; 10. Culturally Localized User Experience As Situated and Constructed; 11. Future Directions; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Summary This book explores how to create culture-sensitive technology for local users in an increasingly globalized world with rising participatory culture. Illustrated with a cross-cultural study of mobile messaging use, Sun presents an innovative framework integrating action and meaning through a dialogical, cyclical design process to create usable and meaningful technology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 15, 2012)
Subject Technology -- Sociological aspects.
User-centered system design -- Cross-cultural studies
Human-computer interaction -- Cross-cultural studies
Information technology -- Cross-cultural studies
Human-computer interaction
Information technology
Technology -- Sociological aspects
User-centered system design
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0199932999
9780199932993