A Taxonomy of Motivational Affordances for Meaningful Gamified and Persuasive Technologies

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10.2991/ict4s-env-15.2015.31How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Motivational Affordances; Meaningful Gamification; Persuasive Technology; Taxonomy; Case Study

Abstract

Sustainable human-computer interaction is investigating the role of persuasive and gamified technologies in encouraging people to engage in a more sustainable lifestyle. Motivation is a key requirement for behavior change, yet many persuasive systems do not sufficiently account for motivational aspects. In this paper we investigate under which circumstances components such as feedback and game elements (e.g., rewards) afford user motivation. The result is a taxonomy of design components that is grounded in well-established psychological theories on motivation. We illustrate how the taxonomy can contribute to the design of meaningful persuasive technologies by discussing a case study from the domain of sustainable mobility behavior (the project GoEco!).

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Paul Weiser
AU  - Dominik Bucher
AU  - Francesca Cellina
AU  - Vanessa De Luca
PY  - 2015/09
DA  - 2015/09
TI  - A Taxonomy of Motivational Affordances for Meaningful Gamified and Persuasive Technologies
BT  - Proceedings of EnviroInfo and ICT for Sustainability 2015
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 271
EP  - 280
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ict4s-env-15.2015.31
DO  - 10.2991/ict4s-env-15.2015.31
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