Psychological Frameworks for Persuasive Information and Communications Technologies
arXiv:1808.09145v16 citations
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This work addresses the challenge of creating effective persuasive technologies for designers and developers, but it is incremental as it adapts existing theories without new empirical results.
The paper tackles the problem of designing persuasive technologies by applying social psychology theories, resulting in a framework for encouraging positive user behavior change.
When developing devices to encourage positive change in users, social psychology can offer useful conceptual resources. This article outlines three major theories from the discipline and discusses their implications for designing persuasive technologies.