What do people like? The design of a mobile tool to harness and share positive thoughts

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 250, Issue , 2007, Pages 191-198

  Kanis, Marije ^a   Brinkman, Willem Paul ^a,b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

mobile mediated communication; mobile technology; positive emotions; positive psychology; social sharing

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; POSITIVE EMOTIONS; POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SHARING;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 77954444306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1362550.1362589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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