Investigating the Intersection of Science Fiction, Human-Computer Interaction and Computer Science Research
It addresses the intersection of science fiction, human-computer interaction, and computer science for researchers, but is incremental as it builds on prior work and is a work-in-progress report.
This paper investigates the relationship between science fiction and computer science research by analyzing expressions of science fiction in peer-reviewed repositories like ACM or IEEE Xplore, using interdisciplinary content analysis techniques.
This paper outlines ongoing dissertation research located in the intersection of science fiction, human-computer interaction and computer science. Through an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing from fields such as human-computer interaction, film theory and studies of science and technology, qualitative and quantitative content analysis techniques are used to contextually analyze expressions of science fiction in peer-reviewed computer science research repositories, such as the ACM or IEEE Xplore Digital Libraries. This paper concisely summarizes and introduces the relationship of science fiction and computer science research and presents the research questions, aims and implications in addition to prior work and study methodology. In the latter part of this work-in-progress report, preliminary results, current limitations, future work and a post-dissertation trajectory are outlined.