Semiotic Engineering
de Souza 提出的 HCI 理论，将用户界面视为一种「元通讯」媒介，设计师借此向用户传达关于自身定位、对用户的假设以及系统使用方式的讯息。
English Definition
"An HCI theory (de Souza, 1993) that treats the user interface as a metacommunication artifact through which designers send users a message about who they are, what they assume about users, and how users may interact with the system."
用法说明 · 针对中文母语者
Semiotic Engineering 把 UI 看作设计师与用户之间的「对话」，要求设计意图清晰、可解读。撰写 HCI 论文时该术语常用于理论框架部分。
常见错误
- ·误译为「符号工程」而丢失「学」字——更准确的译法是「符号学工程」
- ·误以为是纯视觉设计理论；实际关注的是设计师与用户间的沟通，而非视觉符号本身
真实用例 · 3 条
"Semiotic Engineering, as suggested by de Souza (de Souza, 1993; de Souza & Leitao, 2009), focuses on two perspectives, the dialogue partner and medium perspectives"
"computer systems should be designed based on explicit semiotic principles such that a communication process should intuitively and easily pass over the messages from the senders to the receivers"
"CASA expands on Semiotic Engineering and looks at the computer as a social actor"