Gamification and sustainable consumption: Overcoming the limitations of persuasive technologies

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Volumn 310, Issue , 2015, Pages 367-385

  Huber, Martina Z ^a   Hilty, Lorenz M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collaborative software; Gamification; Persuasive technology; Sustainable consumption; Technology paternalism

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUPWARE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIAL SCIENCES;

COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARES; COMPETITION AND COOPERATION; GAMIFICATION; PERSUASIVE TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84927651454     PISSN: 21945357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_22     Document Type: Article

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