Instrument semiotics

Michael May

Peter Andersen

pp. 271-298

in: Kecheng Liu, Rodney J. Clarke, Peter Andersen (eds), Information, organisation and technology, Berlin, Springer, 2001

Abstract

In this and the following companion chapter, Tearing Interfaces Apart, we present a theoretical semiotic analysis of human-machine interfaces and demonstrate how this analysis can be coupled to an empirical analysis of a work domain of maritime manoeuvring and navigation and its changing informational needs.