Connecting audiences with climate change: Towards humanised and action-focused data interactions

IF 5.3 2区计算机科学 Q1 COMPUTER SCIENCE, CYBERNETICS

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies Pub Date : 2024-07-30 DOI:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2024.103341

Marta Ferreira, Nuno Nunes, Pedro Ferreira, Henrique Pereira, Valentina Nisi

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This paper investigates the relationship between design research and humancomputer interaction (HCI) in the context of climate change communication and engagement. We discuss current practices in climate change communication and the decrease in concern and engagement caused by “crisis fatigue”. Through Research through Design (RtD), we set out to investigate data humanism and how users react to climate change data, testing approaches to improve engagement. With this purpose, we designed and evaluated Finding Arcadia, an interactive data story that uses data humanism to shift the dialogue from crisis-focused to action-focused. One study with the original IMF visualisations (N = 17) and two studies in public spaces (N = 12 and N = 64) point to the contextualization of the data and presenting actionable solutions helping in engaging users with climate change issues; help in creating solution-focused narratives and interpreting and relating with climate data. From these results, we derive insights for designing empowering interactive data visualizations for resilient climate change engagement.

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将受众与气候变化联系起来：实现人性化和注重行动的数据互动

本文以气候变化传播和参与为背景，探讨了设计研究与人机交互（HCI）之间的关系。我们讨论了气候变化传播的当前实践，以及 "危机疲劳 "导致的关注度和参与度下降。通过设计研究（RtD），我们着手调查数据人文主义以及用户如何对气候变化数据做出反应，测试提高参与度的方法。为此，我们设计并评估了 "寻找阿卡迪亚"（Finding Arcadia），这是一个互动数据故事，利用数据人文主义将对话从关注危机转向关注行动。一项关于原始 IMF 可视化的研究（N = 17）和两项关于公共空间的研究（N = 12 和 N = 64）表明，数据的背景化和提出可操作的解决方案有助于吸引用户参与气候变化问题；有助于创建以解决方案为重点的叙事以及解释气候数据并与之建立联系。从这些结果中，我们得出了设计赋权互动数据可视化的见解，以促进有弹性的气候变化参与。

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International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 工程技术-计算机：控制论

CiteScore

11.50

自引率

5.60%

发文量

108

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： The International Journal of Human-Computer Studies publishes original research over the whole spectrum of work relevant to the theory and practice of innovative interactive systems. The journal is inherently interdisciplinary, covering research in computing, artificial intelligence, psychology, linguistics, communication, design, engineering, and social organization, which is relevant to the design, analysis, evaluation and application of innovative interactive systems. Papers at the boundaries of these disciplines are especially welcome, as it is our view that interdisciplinary approaches are needed for producing theoretical insights in this complex area and for effective deployment of innovative technologies in concrete user communities. Research areas relevant to the journal include, but are not limited to: • Innovative interaction techniques • Multimodal interaction • Speech interaction • Graphic interaction • Natural language interaction • Interaction in mobile and embedded systems • Interface design and evaluation methodologies • Design and evaluation of innovative interactive systems • User interface prototyping and management systems • Ubiquitous computing • Wearable computers • Pervasive computing • Affective computing • Empirical studies of user behaviour • Empirical studies of programming and software engineering • Computer supported cooperative work • Computer mediated communication • Virtual reality • Mixed and augmented Reality • Intelligent user interfaces • Presence ...