Persuasive technology using computers to change what we think and do

Can computers change what you think and do? Can they motivate you to stop smoking, persuade you to buy insurance, or convince you to join the Army? ""Yes, they can,"" says Dr. B.J. Fogg, director of the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University. Fogg has coined the phrase...

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Autor principal: Fogg, B. J. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers c2003.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Morgan Kaufmann series in interactive technologies.
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Sumario:Can computers change what you think and do? Can they motivate you to stop smoking, persuade you to buy insurance, or convince you to join the Army? ""Yes, they can,"" says Dr. B.J. Fogg, director of the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University. Fogg has coined the phrase ""Captology""(an acronym for computers as persuasive technologies) to capture the domain of research, design, and applications of persuasive computers.In this thought-provoking book, based on nine years of research in captology, Dr. Fogg reveals how Web sites, software applications, and mobile devices can be us
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (311 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781281049278
9786611049270
9780080479941