Mapping the Landscape of Creativity Support Tools in HCI

Abstract

Creativity Support Tools (CSTs) play a fundamental role in the study of creativity in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Even so, there is no consensus definition of the term 'CST' in HCI, and in most studies, CSTs have been construed as oneoff exploratory prototypes, typically built by the researchers themselves. This makes it difficult to clearly demarcate CST research, but also to compare findings across studies, which impedes advancement in digital creativity as a growing field of research. Based on a literature review of 143 papers from the ACM Digital Library (1999-2018), we contribute a first overview of the key characteristics of CSTs developed by the HCI community. Moreover, we propose a tentative definition of a CST to help strengthen knowledge sharing across CST studies. We end by discussing our study's implications for future HCI research on CSTs and digital creativity. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Interaction design theory, concepts and paradigms; HCI theory, concepts and models; Interactive systems and tools.

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“…Creativity support tools, including crowdsourced solutions, enjoy increased traction in academia [25,50,51]. The experiences reported in this paper, however, lead us to critically examine the characteristics of crowdsourcing marketplaces for creativity studies.…”

“…Crowds consist of individuals, and an individual's creativity can be enhanced through creativity support tools [56,57]. A key research area concerning these tools is the ideation phase [25,66]. Prior work suggests that computational priming in the ideation phase (e.g.…”

Unterstützung Kreativer Arbeit mit Crowdsourcing

“…Kreativität ist ein schwer definierbarer Begriff und es findet sich gerade in der Literatur zur Mensch-Computer-Interaktion (HCI) keine einheitliche Definition [8,9]. Eine in der Literatur jedoch weit verbreitete Betrachtungsweise ist, dass kreative Arbeitsergebnisse sowohl ein Novum darstellen als auch einen Wert für eine bestimmte Benutzergruppe schaffen müssen, um als kreativ zu gelten [20,23].…”

“…Dieses Forschungsprojekt untersucht unter dem Motto Crowd-powered Creativity Support, wie Menschen andere Menschen mittels Crowdsourcing in komplexer kreativer Arbeit unterstützen können. Das Thema ist nicht neu [8,24,25], und in der Praxis wurde Crowdsourcing bereits seit über einer Dekade in vielfältigen Bereichen erforscht, erprobt, und eingesetzt [11]. In der Literatur findet sich deshalb eine große Anzahl an Arbeiten, welche sich mit der Kostenoptimierung, Arbeitsqualität, und Erprobung neuartiger Workflows befassen.…”

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“…Shneiderman identified eight creative activities that could benefit from being supported by creativity support systems: searching, visualising, consulting peers, thinking, exploring, composing, reviewing, and disseminating [23]. The majority of creativity support systems, however, focus only on the ideation phase [8,29].…”