Engagement Design: Designing for Interaction Motivations (Human–Computer Interaction Series)

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Author
List of Figures
1 Introduction
	1.1 Deepening the Problem
	1.2 The Relevance of Different Cultures
	1.3 Approach and Structure
	References
2 From Experience to Engagement
	2.1 Proustian Experience
		2.1.1 Communication Is Meaning
		2.1.2 Evaluation and Design
		2.1.3 Engagement
		2.1.4 The Model Approach
	References
3 Profiles of Engagement
	3.1 Personality and Motivations
		3.1.1 Player Motivations
		3.1.2 Psychological Traits
		3.1.3 Vocational Psychology and Talent
		3.1.4 Correlations
	3.2 Real Personas
		3.2.1 Abstracters
		3.2.2 Tinkerers
		3.2.3 Dramatists
		3.2.4 Synthesizing the Cases
	3.3 The Profiles
	References
4 Contexts of Engagement
	4.1 Epistemic Curiosity
	4.2 Motivation
	4.3 Volition Cycles
		4.3.1 Uncertainty/Competence
		4.3.2 Novelty/Autonomy
		4.3.3 Comparability/Relatedness
	4.4 Epistemic Contexts and Profiles
	References
5 Artefacts and Representation
	5.1 Representation
	5.2 Representation and Contexts
		5.2.1 Symbolic Interaction
		5.2.2 Symbolic Interaction: Obstacles and Challenges
		5.2.3 Enactive Interaction
		5.2.4 Enactive Interaction: Simulation and Functionality
		5.2.5 Mimetic Interaction
		5.2.6 Mimetic Interaction: Choose to Bond
	5.3 Preferences and Outcomes
		5.3.1 Symbolic Pleasure
		5.3.2 Enactive Pleasure
		5.3.3 Mimetic Pleasure
	5.4 Pragmatic Outputs
	References
6 The Engagement Design Model and Applied Cases
	6.1 Model Presentation
		6.1.1 Progression
		6.1.2 Expression
		6.1.3 Relation
		6.1.4 Streams Interrelated
	6.2 Applied Case: The Multi-engagement of Assassin’s Creed
	6.3 Applied Cases: Dual Engagement
		6.3.1 Progression and Expression
		6.3.2 Relation and Expression
		6.3.3 Progression and Relation
	6.4 Multiple Stream Usage Analysis
		6.4.1 Cognitive Load: Critical Thinking Versus Problem-Solving
		6.4.2 Difficulty or Engagement Regulation?
	6.5 Future of Streams
	6.6 Final Notes and Limitations
	References
Index