A Study on the Interface Design for Enhancing Social Interactions among Middle Age & Elderly Individuals - the Case Study of Karaoke

• Main Authors: HUANG,SHENG-YI, 黃聖壹
• Other Authors: Fang,Yu-Min
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8phcs3

碩士 === 國立聯合大學 === 工業設計學系碩士班 === 106 === The aging society extends the people's retirement life, and Karaoke recreation is regarded as a most popular activity among the elderly people in Taiwan. This study discusses social avoidance and the degree of distress after karaoke recreation. The effect of positive and negative motivating encouragement of group and individual singing is compared that the general and mobile phone is compared. This study also measures the interaction among emotional valence, emotional arousal, and affective response, as well as interface usability and the degree of satisfaction of older adults. In this research, three participants enrolled in the pilot study; 48 subjects participated in the main experiment. The following conclusions are presented. (1) Social avoidance and degree of distress are reduced after karaoke recreation; pleasure is also enhanced and affective perception and interaction are strengthened. (2) In terms of the comparison of the general and mobile phone singing, the pleasure of the general is enhanced after singing, affective perception and interaction are enhanced, and the usability and degree of satisfaction are improved. (3) In terms of the comparison between group and individual singing, the pleasure of the group is enhanced after singing, affective perception; interaction is also enhanced and the usability and degree of satisfaction are improved. (4) The preceding three points indicate that karaoke recreation enhances the confidence of older adults and can lead to and strengthen positive emotions and sociability. Compared with the mobile phone singing, the general singing can lead to and strengthen positive emotions and sociability and can improve karaoke interface and become considerably satisfactory. Compared with singing individually, singing together can lead to and strengthen positive emotions and sociability and can improve karaoke interface and become considerably satisfactory. We are optimistic that we can provide precise recommendations on interface design to promote social and emotional interaction among older adults.Such recommendations are used as reference for industrial value addition among older adults and to enlighten a new cross-filed research direction. Keyword: The Elderly, Social Avoidance and Distress, Emotional Valence and Arousal, Social Interaction, Interface Usability, Karaoke Recreation