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Designing technology that promotes users' digital wellbeing

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Alberto Monge Roffarello,

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XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students, Volume 28, Issue 1

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3481823

Published: 21 September 2021 Publication History

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Existing tools for digital self-control strongly rely on users' self-regulation strategies and capabilities. Recent work, however, highlights the importance of proactively assisting users in learning how to use technology through customizable and adaptable interventions.

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Al-Mansoori RAl-Thani DAli R(2023)Designing for Digital Wellbeing: From Theory to Practice a Scoping ReviewHuman Behavior and Emerging Technologies10.1155/2023/99240292023(1-24)Online publication date: 2-Aug-2023
https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/9924029
Shin YYoon J(2023)Too Many or Too Little: Investigating Different Decision-making Experiences of Maximizers and Satisficers in HCIsProceedings of the 35th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference10.1145/3638380.3638450(432-445)Online publication date: 2-Dec-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3638380.3638450
Monge Roffarello ADe Russis L(2023)Teaching and learning “Digital Wellbeing”Future Generation Computer Systems10.1016/j.future.2023.08.003149(494-508)Online publication date: Dec-2023
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2023.08.003

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XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students Volume 28, Issue 1

Is Computing Toxic?

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DOI:10.1145/3487894

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Al-Mansoori RAl-Thani DAli R(2023)Designing for Digital Wellbeing: From Theory to Practice a Scoping ReviewHuman Behavior and Emerging Technologies10.1155/2023/99240292023(1-24)Online publication date: 2-Aug-2023
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Shin YYoon J(2023)Too Many or Too Little: Investigating Different Decision-making Experiences of Maximizers and Satisficers in HCIsProceedings of the 35th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference10.1145/3638380.3638450(432-445)Online publication date: 2-Dec-2023
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Monge Roffarello ADe Russis L(2023)Teaching and learning “Digital Wellbeing”Future Generation Computer Systems10.1016/j.future.2023.08.003149(494-508)Online publication date: Dec-2023
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2023.08.003

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