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Minority groups are the fastest growing demographic in the
U.S. In addition, the poverty level in the U.S. is the highest
it has been in the last 50 years. We argue that the communi
ty needs more research addressing this user segment, and
we present a novel study about how underserved youths
react when presented with different UI designs aimed at
promoting creative writing. The act of creative writing per
se can become the driver of change among underserved
teenagers, and researchers should strive to discover novel
UI designs that can effectively increase this target group’s
productivity, creativity and mental well-being. Using MS
Word as baseline, our contribution analyzes the influence of
a Zen-like tool (designed by the authors and called Haven),
a nostalgic but realistic typewriting tool (Hanx Writer), and
a stress-based tool that eliminates writer’s block by provid
ing consequences for procrastination (Write or Die). Our
results suggest that the Zen characteristics of our tool Ha
ven were capable of conveying a sense of calm and concen
tration to the users, making them feel better and also write
more. The nostalgic Hanx typewriter also fared very well
with regard to mental well-being and productivity, as meas
ured by average number of words written. Contrary to our
initial expectations, the stress-based UI (Write or Die) had
the lowest productivity levels.
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User studies User experience design Creative writing Creativity support tools Civic media . Escola Superior de Tecnologias e Gestão Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Gonçalves, F., Campos, P., Hanna, J., & Ashby, S. (2015, June). You're the Voice: Evaluating user interfaces for encouraging underserved youths to express themselves through creative writing. In Proceedings of the 2015 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition (pp. 63-72).
Editora
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)