Dramaturgical capitalization of positive emotions: The answer for facebook success?

People and Computers XXIII Celebrating People and Technology - Proceedings of HCI 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 120-129

  Sas, Corina ^a   Dix, Alan ^a   Hart, Jennefer ^b   Su, Ronghui ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diary study; Experience design; Facebook social networking site; Memorable experiences; Positive emotions; User experience

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

DIARY STUDY; EXPERIENCE DESIGN; FACEBOOK SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES; POSITIVE EMOTIONS; USER EXPERIENCE;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84860438473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.14236/ewic/hci2009.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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