Motivating physical activity at work: Using persuasive social media extensions for simple mobile devices

CEUR Workshop Proceedings

Volumn 690, Issue , 2010, Pages 11-14

  Foster, Derek ^a   Linehan, Conor ^a   Lawson, Shaun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Lifestyle; Mobile devices; Pedometers; Persuasive technology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOUR CHANGES; FACEBOOK APPLICATIONS; LIFESTYLE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PEDOMETERS; PERSUASIVE TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESS;

DIGITAL STORAGE; HEALTH; TECHNOLOGY;

MOBILE DEVICES;

EID: 84890082932     PISSN: 16130073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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