User Psychology Lab, University of Jyväskylä

Socio-emotional Experience in Human Technology Interaction Design – A Fashion Framework Proposal

“…CEs in particular, are a way of explaining how, in relation to cultural production -design and technological discourse -people generate particular emotional reactions and experiences. Design objects alone, without matching mental contents, or previously learned knowledge of the designs held by people who encounter them, possess no meaning [19] [20]. People of the same culture often share mental representations and underlying patterns of thought [14].…”

“…Humans create their own worlds and distinguish among artefacts according to their significance [45] as well as how these respond to concerns based on the symbolic characteristics and experiential benefits beyond interaction [26]. Symbolic life, the existence and dynamics of signifying elements (signs, symbols, forms that stand for and refer to something outside themselves) [19][20], is generated, instilled and maintained through culture and cultural practice [46][47]. Symbols permeated through culture are both tangible, as seen within the technological design landscape, as well as intangible, i.e., the meanings, actions and values we associate with these technological designs.…”

“…This is due to there being a dual layer of emotion guessing, or emotion matching -that which we feel we should be feeling in relation to the user through the lens of empathy, and then naturally, the emotion and situation of the user with which we are attempting to emphasise. Not only is there the tension between what should be felt and displayed with what perhaps may, if ever, come naturally as in primary emotional processes or basic emotions [19][70] -that is, instant cognitive-affective reactions that are directly triggered by stimuli such as fear, disgust, excitement etc. -but these "feeling rules" also influence how we genuinely feel.…”