WHAT ARE PERSUASIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND HOW DO THEY WORK?

If you are worried about your addiction to technology and blame yourself, you need to think again. Do your research on persuasive technologies and describe what they are and how they work.

Familiarize yourself with the issue

·         Tech guilt: 5 'persuasive' technologies to help you be good

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/08/13/guilt.gadgets/

·         Faster, stronger, better - A guide for persuasive behavior change https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqqJOMcd2zI  

Reading material to make notes on

·         Technology and persuasion https://www.technologyreview.com/s/535826/technology-and-persuasion/

·         New technologies persuade in old ways https://www.technologyreview.com/s/535831/new-technologies-persuade-in-old-ways/?utm_campaign=internal&utm_medium=readnext&utm_source=item_2

·         The Invisible, Manipulative Power of Persuasive Technology https://psmag.com/the-invisible-manipulative-power-of-persuasive-technology-df61a9883cc7#.wyj4k65dd

Video to watch and take notes from

·         Persuasive technologies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTUWrXJId_Y