Specifying and visualizing Information Gestalt in communication design

• Project/Area Number: 23611007
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Design science
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: KIRITANI Yoshie 千葉大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (00292665)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: コミュニケーションデザイン / 情報ゲシュタルト / 心理的コンタクト / コミュニケーション支援 / 情報の可視化 / 可視化 / acting evaluation

Research Abstract

The media produced to help communication between specialists and non-specialists should shape information Gestalt. It means reducing the psychological burden of both the sender and the receiver of information; especially uneasy feeling of the receiver is a key point. The way to reduce the burden is formation of information Gestalt. It means information provision to consider the context of the receiver, to remove the distributers of psychological contact by the receiver to the information and to solve psychological problem. A new evaluation method, acting evaluation, to focus all evaluators's attention on the task was also proposed.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Visualization of information of a Japanese onomatopoeia (2012)
  • Author(s): Kiritani, Y., Suzuki, K., and Tamagaki, Y.
  • Journal Title: Perception (Supplement) Volume: 41 Pages: 239-239
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A test of acting evaluation to assess a proposal of communication support study (2012)
  • Author(s): Kiritani, Y., Kuwabara, S., and Tamagaki, Y.
  • Journal Title: デザイン学研究 Volume: 59(1) Pages: 31-38
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Acting evaluation as an assessment method of a manual for teachers (2013)
  • Author(s): Kiritani, Y.
  • Organizer: 5^<th> International Congress of International Association
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo
• [Presentation] Acting evaluation as an assessment method of a manual for teachers (2013)
  • Author(s): Yoshie Kiritani
  • Organizer: 5th International Congress of International Association
  • Place of Presentation: 芝浦工業大学（東京）
• [Presentation] Visualization of information of a Japanese onomatopoeia (2012)
  • Author(s): Kiritani, Y.Suzuki, K. and Tamagaki, Y.
  • Organizer: European Conference on Visual Perception 2012
  • Place of Presentation: Alghero, Italy
• [Presentation] Visualization of information of a Japanese onomatopoeia as infographics (2012)
  • Author(s): Suzuki, K. and Kiritani, Y.
  • Organizer: 1st Visual Science of Art Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Alghero, Italy