Designing interactive systems through a game lens: An ethnographic approach

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue , 2017, Pages 455-468

  Rapp, Amon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Engagement; Ethnography; Gamification; Motivation; Recommendations for design

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DESIGN; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; ENGAGEMENT; ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACHES; ETHNOGRAPHY; GAMIFICATION; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84924898279     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.048     Document Type: Article

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