How does an Interactive Story feel like? Theory and Measurement of the User Experience

Workshop Organizers: Christian Roth (1), Peter Vorderer (2),Christoph Klimmt (3), and Ivar E. Vermeulen (1)
(1) Center for Advanced Media Research Amsterdam (CAMeRA), VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
(2) Media and Communication Studies, University of Mannheim,  Mannheim, Germany
(3) Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media, Hannover, Germany

Workshop Goals: This workshop aims at discussing conceptual issues in user experiences of Interactive Storytelling applications. We will address methodological issues in IS user research and present a measurement toolbox, covering 12 experience dimensions and will discuss further methods for user experience research.

This work is part of the NoE on Interactive Storytelling.
IRIS Project website: http://iris.scm.tees.ac.uk/

Workshop schedule:

8:45 Introduction of workshop objectives and participants
9:00 Theoretical issues: Impulse presentation by workshop organizers on conceptual issues in IS user experiences, statements by workshop participants

10:00 coffee break

10:20 Introduction of the IRIS measurement toolkit: Presentation and demonstration by workshop organizers, questions and answers
11:00 Discussion: Methodological issues in IS user research

11:45 break
12:00  Conclusion: Summary by workshop organizers, discussion of next steps
12:30 End / lunch