Verbal focus shifts : forms of low coherent statements in design conversations

Verbal focus shifts

Previous studies on design behaviour indicate that focus shifts positively influence ideational productivity. In this study we want to take a closer look at how these focus shifts look on the verbal level. We describe a mutually influencing relationship between mental focus shifts and verbal low coherent statements. In a case study based on the DTRS11 dataset we identify 297 low coherent statements via a combined topic modelling and manual approach. We introduce a categorization of the different instances of low coherent statements. The results indicate that designers tend to shift topics within an existing design issue instead of completely disrupting it. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Metadaten
Author details:	Axel Menning ORCiD, Bastien M. Grasnick, Benedikt Ewald, Franziska Dobrigkeit, Claudia Nicolai
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2018.03.003
ISSN:	0142-694X
ISSN:	1872-6909
Title of parent work (English):	Design Studies
Subtitle (English):	forms of low coherent statements in design conversations
Publisher:	Elsevier
Place of publishing:	Oxford
Publication type:	Article
Language:	English
Date of first publication:	2018/04/14
Publication year:	2018
Release date:	2021/11/15
Tag:	communication; computational models; creativity; design behaviour; design cognition
Volume:	57
Number of pages:	21
First page:	135
Last Page:	155
Organizational units:	Digital Engineering Fakultät / Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering GmbH
DDC classification:	0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke
Peer review:	Referiert