Persuasive Backfiring: When Behavior Change Interventions Trigger Unintended Negative Outcomes

Numerous scholars study how to design evidence-based interventions that can improve the lives of individuals, in a way that also brings social benefits. However, within the behavioral sciences in general, and the persuasive technology field specifically, scholars rarely focus-on, or report the negat...

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Main Authors: Cugelman, Brian (Author), Stibe, Agnis (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing, 2017-04-27T21:48:33Z.
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