Motivating physical activity at work: Using persuasive social media for competitive step counting

Proceedings of the 14th International Academic MindTrek Conference: Envisioning Future Media Environments, MindTrek 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 111-116

  Foster, Derek ^a   Linehan, Conor ^a   Kirman, Ben ^a   Lawson, Shaun ^a   James, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Lincolnshire   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Lifestyle; Mobile devices; Pedometers; Persuasive technology

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS; FACEBOOK; LIFESTYLE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PEDOMETERS; PERSUASIVE TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); TECHNOLOGY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 79952335215     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1930488.1930510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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