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Overview

Mark Blythe is affiliated with Northumbria University in the United Kingdom and specializes in computer science with a focus on human-computer interaction. Their research explores several intersecting areas including innovative human-technology interaction, aging and gerontology research, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, health disparities and outcomes, interactive and immersive displays, context-aware activity recognition systems, and environmental education and sustainability.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a variety of topics within these fields. Blythe authored "Designs on Transcendence: Sketches of a TX machine" published in 2021 in Foundations and Trends® in Human-Computer Interaction. Other recent papers connected to Blythe's research network and interests include "Flourishing 'older-old' (80+) adults: Personal projects and their enabling places" (2022, Wellbeing Space and Society), "Splash! Identifying the Grand Challenges for WaterHCI" (2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts), "Social networking sites as platforms to persuade behaviour change in domestic energy consumption" (2023, Lincoln Repository [University of Lincoln]), and "Space for Debate: Pop Design" (2020, Northumbria Research Link [Northumbria University]).

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Blythe or operating in the same research milieu include Elizabeth Buie, Jenny Roe, Caroline Oliver, Alice Roe, and Christal Clashing. These collaborations contribute to a multidisciplinary approach across psychology, health, and technology interfaces.

The main publication venues associated with Blythe's work demonstrate a focus on human-computer interaction and related interdisciplinary fields. These venues include Foundations and Trends® in Human-Computer Interaction, Wellbeing Space and Society, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts, Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln), and Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University).

The scientist's work spans several subfields, such as human-computer interaction, neuropsychology and physiological psychology, social psychology, health, and computer vision and pattern recognition, indicating a broad engagement with both technical and psychological aspects of technology use.

  • Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Interactive and Immersive Displays
  • Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability

  • Designs on Transcendence: Sketches of a TX machine, 2021, Foundations and Trends® in Human-Computer Interaction
  • Flourishing 'older-old' (80+) adults: Personal projects and their enabling places, 2022, Wellbeing Space and Society
  • Splash! Identifying the Grand Challenges for WaterHCI, 2022, CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts
  • Social networking sites as platforms to persuade behaviour change in domestic energy consumption, 2023, Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln)
  • Space for Debate: Pop Design, 2020, Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University)

  • Elizabeth Buie
  • Jenny Roe
  • Caroline Oliver
  • Alice Roe
  • Christal Clashing

  • Foundations and Trends® in Human-Computer Interaction
  • Wellbeing Space and Society
  • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts
  • Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln)
  • Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University)

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Health
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Best Publications

  • Funology: from usability to enjoyment

    Mark A. Blythe;Kees Overbeeke;Andrew F. Monk;Peter C. Wright

  • Making by making strange: Defamiliarization and the design of domestic technologies

    Genevieve Bell;Mark Blythe;Phoebe Sengers

  • Research through design fiction: narrative in real and imaginary abstracts

    Mark Blythe

  • The prayer companion: openness and specificity, materiality and spirituality

    William Gaver;Mark Blythe;Andy Boucher;Nadine Jarvis

  • Anti-Solutionist Strategies: Seriously Silly Design Fiction

    Mark Blythe;Kristina Andersen;Rachel Clarke;Peter Wright

  • Funology: designing enjoyment

    Andrew Monk;Marc Hassenzahl;Mark Blythe;Darren Reed

  • Pastiche scenarios: Fiction as a resource for user centred design

    Mark A. Blythe;Peter C. Wright

  • Wattsup?: motivating reductions in domestic energy consumption using social networks

    Derek Foster;Shaun Lawson;Mark Blythe;Paul Cairns

  • Socially dependable design: The challenge of ageing populations for HCI

    Mark A. Blythe;Andrew F. Monk;Kevin Doughty

  • Questionable concepts: critique as resource for designing with eighty somethings

    John Vines;Mark Blythe;Stephen Lindsay;Paul Dunphy

  • The semantics of fun: differentiating enjoyable experiences

    Mark Blythe;Marc Hassenzahl

  • Why are mobile phones annoying

    Andrew Monk;Jenni Carroll;Sarah Parker;Mark Blythe

  • Alternate endings: using fiction to explore design futures

    Conor Linehan;Ben J. Kirman;Stuart Reeves;Mark A. Blythe

  • Technology biographies: field study techinques for home use product development

    Mark Blythe;Andrew Monk;Jisoo Park

  • Grounding experience: relating theory and method to evaluate the user experience of smartphones

    David Swallow;Mark Blythe;Peter Wright

  • Towards a UX manifesto

    Effie Lai-Chong Law;Arnold P. O. S. Vermeeren;Marc Hassenzahl;Mark Blythe

  • Spirituality: there's an app for that! (but not a lot of research)

    Elizabeth Buie;Mark Blythe

  • F for fake: four studies on how we fall for phish

    Mark Blythe;Helen Petrie;John A. Clark

  • Research Fiction: Storytelling, Plot and Design

    Mark Blythe

  • Critical methods and user generated content: the iPhone on YouTube

    Mark Blythe;Paul Cairns

  • User experience and the idea of design in HCI

    Peter Wright;Mark Blythe;John McCarthy

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Wright
Peter Wright Newcastle University
Andrew Monk
Andrew Monk University of York
Patrick Olivier
Patrick Olivier Monash University
Marc Hassenzahl
Marc Hassenzahl University of Siegen
John Vines
John Vines Northumbria University
John Bowers
John Bowers Newcastle University
Paul Cairns
Paul Cairns University of York
William Gaver
William Gaver Northumbria University
Shaowen Bardzell
Shaowen Bardzell Georgia Institute of Technology
Jeffrey Bardzell
Jeffrey Bardzell Pennsylvania State University

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