Comments on: All the net’s a stage http://billpetti.com/2009/10/28/all-the-nets-a-stage/ Trying to separate the signal from the noise, one post at a time. Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:49:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ana Andjelic http://billpetti.com/2009/10/28/all-the-nets-a-stage/#comment-170 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:08:56 +0000 http://billpetti.com/?p=1026#comment-170 I thought of Goffman in connection to interaction design (of websites and interfaces). Interaction designers are challenged with the task to incorporate a series of discrete gestures in user experience of the site; and then to connect them into a meaningful interaction sequence that continues without a break-down. In human communication, these break-downs are either prevented , or even if they happen, the balance is quickly restored by the change in tone, manner, etc. Online, when there’s a breakdown in a series of gestures, people simply leave the site.

This is why interaction designers should study Goffman more!

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