Analysis Mapping the Discourseof HCI Researcherswith Citation ThomasW. Dillon This paper observes the development of human-computer interaction as a researchdisciplinefkom 1991 to 1993. From a citation analysis of three volumes of threejournah, thefleld of human computer interaction is identified as emergingj~om a supporting base ofJburfields: computer science, in3~rmation systems,psycholog)6 and humanj~ctors/ ergonomics. Results of this analysis support the proposition that human-computer interaction is emerging as a distinct fieId of study Introduction When a researcher understands a field, it enables him or her to relate efforts to those of other researchers. The researcher can then systematically pursue a relevant scope of inquiry and integrate his or her findings into the field's base of knowledge. Most researchers would agree that human-computer interaction is a young, dynamic, and multi-disciplinary field (Gasen, 1994). As it matures, human computer interaction will continue to encompass many distinct areas within assorted scientific fields and academic disciplines. This diversity and complexity make it difficult to fully understand the field of human-computer interaction and its position as a reference discipline (Fuller, 1995). One way of identifying such a scope of inquiry is to examine the communication system among scholars working in the discipline (Holsapple, Johnson, Manakyan, &
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