Smartphone applications have shown promise in supporting people to adopt healthy lifestyles. Hence, it is critical to understand persuasive design strategies incorporated in native mobile applications that facilitate behavior change. The aim of our study was to identify distinct persuasive software features assimilated in twelve selected applications using Persuasive Systems Design (PSD) model ...

In recent years, the persuasive interventions for inducing sustainable urban mobility behaviours has become a very active research field. This review paper systematically analyses existing approaches and prototype systems and describes and classifies the persuasive strategies used for changing behaviour in the domain of transport. It also studies the results and recommendations derived from pil...

In this paper, we argue that persuasive technology designers can improve the effectiveness of their design by integrating an impression management mechanism with other persuasive strategies. We illustrate how technologies can be designed to accommodate audience specific self­presentation.

This paper presents resources and strategies for persuasive natural language processing. After the introduction of a specifically tagged corpus, some techniques for affective language processing and for persuasive lexicon extraction are provided together with prospective scenarios of application.

Persuasive games can be effective tools for motivating healthy behaviors and/or attitudes, and so recent years have witnessed an increasing number of persuasive games. However, most games adopt a one-size-fits-all approach to persuasion in their design. Studies on gameplay and player motivation have shown that treating gamers as a monolithic group is a bad design approach because a motivational...

Over the last two decades, persuasive technology has gained much of interest and attention. One of the major disciplines of focus for persuasive technology is health care. The vast majority of persuasive technologies for health care are predominantly based on web and mobile platforms. Nevertheless, video games and virtual reality are recognized as effective persuasive platforms, as computer sim...

The paper investigates the use of gaze in political communication. A study is presented on the electoral debates of two politicians in Italy and France. Fragments of their verbal discourse were analysed in terms of their hierarchy of goals, and their gaze communication was described and classified in terms of the persuasive strategies they pursue, logos, ethos or pathos. The results show that t...

Behavioral economics examines people’s decision making processes in everyday situations. I argue that behavioral economics can provide a repertoire of a tool that can inform the design of persuasive technology. In this position paper, I propose strategies drawn from behavioral economics, and identify opportunities and challenges in applying the strategies to the design of persuasive technology....