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EcoIsland: a persuasive application to motivate sustainable behavior in collectivist cultures

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Hiroaki Kimura,

Tatsuo NakajimaAuthors Info & Claims

NordiCHI '10: Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1868914.1869009

Published: 16 October 2010 Publication History

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Until now, many kinds of persuasive applications have been developed, and most of which are used by individuals for personal benefits, example includes better healthcare, better lifestyle, etc. However, one application area that is yet to be explored effectively is persuading commons for preserving shared resources including environmental conservation. Unlike existing persuasive applications, these applications do not aim personal benefits and consequently requires radically different persuasion techniques. In this paper, we apply knowledge of cross-cultural understanding to this kind of persuasive applications. We introduce five design strategies for persuasive applications that could be used especially in collectivist cultures. By sharing our experiences of building persuasive application for reducing CO₂ emissions, we expose how these five strategies could be applied in persuasive applications in collectivist cultures.

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EcoIsland: a persuasive application to motivate sustainable behavior in collectivist cultures
1. Applied computing
  1. Law, social and behavioral sciences
    1. Psychology
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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NordiCHI '10: Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries

October 2010

889 pages

ISBN:9781605589343

DOI:10.1145/1868914

General Chairs:
Ebba Þóra Hvannberg
University of Iceland, Iceland
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Marta Kristín Lárusdóttir
Reykjavik University, Iceland
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Program Chairs:
Ann Blandford
University College London
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Jan Gulliksen
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

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