TY - GEN
T1 - Motivational technologies
T2 - 7th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, PERSUASIVE 2012
AU - Sundar, S. Shyam
AU - Bellur, Saraswathi
AU - Jia, Haiyan
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Every day, millions of people seek health information online, but we still do not know how to create websites or mobile applications that could motivate them to change their health-related behaviors in a proactive manner. There is a big difference between learning about one's health status and doing something about it. In order to bridge this gap, we provide a theoretical framework for designing Motivational Technologies. We discuss how three affordances of modern media interfaces-navigability, interactivity, and customization-could be used to enhance individuals' intrinsic motivation for preventive health, based on self-determination theory. Empirical evidence and design guidelines discussed here could lead to significant advances in health information systems aimed at promoting preventive health behaviors.
AB - Every day, millions of people seek health information online, but we still do not know how to create websites or mobile applications that could motivate them to change their health-related behaviors in a proactive manner. There is a big difference between learning about one's health status and doing something about it. In order to bridge this gap, we provide a theoretical framework for designing Motivational Technologies. We discuss how three affordances of modern media interfaces-navigability, interactivity, and customization-could be used to enhance individuals' intrinsic motivation for preventive health, based on self-determination theory. Empirical evidence and design guidelines discussed here could lead to significant advances in health information systems aimed at promoting preventive health behaviors.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-31037-9_10
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-31037-9_10
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84864645837
SN - 9783642310362
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 112
EP - 122
BT - Persuasive Technology
Y2 - 6 June 2012 through 8 June 2012
ER -