Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Interaction Design for Entertainment

Entertainment or the agreeable occupation of the mind has many different variations and can take many different forms. In this class we discuss what keep a person engaged and interacting with one piece of the internet. This to can also have many different variations and come in many different forms depending on the target audience and the particular type of content conveyed. Since there are so many differentiations of what people might find entertaining on the internet leads one to believe that entertainment will always be left open to interpretation and objectification.

I feel that what a person might find on the internet as entertaining can be broken down into two simple categories. The first being substance i.e information or content and the second would be aesthetic. Having good substance or a wealth of information will most likely keep and use engaged, even if for only a quick dose of knowledge, they will undoubtedly be back for more. That is why google and wikipedia attract millions of users, not for their trendy design but for the subsatnce they provide.

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