What is HCI?

Human–computer Interaction (HCI) involves the study, planning, and design of the interaction between people (users) and computers. It is often regarded as the intersection of computer science, behavioral sciences, design and several other fields of study. For example, psychology is concerned with the cognitive processes of humans and the behavior of users; computer science is concerned with the application design and engineering of the human interfaces. Due to HCI multidisciplinary, many people contributes to its success. HCI is very important as it improves interaction between users and computers. It makes computers more usable and receptive to the user.

Captology is the study of computers as persuasive technology. It explores the overlapping space between persuasion in general and computing technology. This includes designs, research and program analysis of interactive computing products such as websites, software and games. Our field Interactive Media, also, explores this intersection between computing technology and persuasion. It refers to computing products which respond to users' interaction which present content such as text, images, videos and games.