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Fogg is the leader of an emerging field called captology, shorthand for the study of computers as persuasive technology.
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Fogg is the leader of an emerging field called captology, shorthand for the study of computers as persuasive technology.
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Dubbed "captology," or the study of computers as persuasive technology, Fogg's research shows how people are influenced by their relationship with technology.
Boagworld recommends 2010
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Dubbed "captology," or the study of computers as persuasive technology, Fogg's research shows how people are influenced by their relationship with technology.
Boagworld recommends 2010
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Think Nudge meets the web, and a recent piece in Seed Magazine explored how captology might work in the political context.
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Think Nudge meets the web, and a recent piece in Seed Magazine explored how captology might work in the political context.
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New column at Search Engine Land will look at "captology, persuasive web design, user experience and usability topics and how it all ties into the world of search engines, marketing and your every day life."
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New column at Search Engine Land will look at "captology, persuasive web design, user experience and usability topics and how it all ties into the world of search engines, marketing and your every day life."
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Consider blended approaches, online assessments and self-assessments, performance support, informal learning, knowledge management, communities of practice, and captology.
Sometime I Feel Like a Dine-Oh-Saur David Grebow 2005
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Consider blended approaches, online assessments and self-assessments, performance support, informal learning, knowledge management, communities of practice, and captology.
Archive 2005-05-01 Richard 2005
john commented on the word captology
"Fogg is director of the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University, an independent research center that explores a discipline he invented, called "captology." Captology stands for Computers As Persuasive Technology, and it looks at how certain technologies intentionally persuade us to do their bidding."
Salon's Machinist, Why is Facebook so addictive?, by Denise Caruso, August 7, 2008
August 8, 2008
whichbe commented on the word captology
I should put Fogg on my demons list.
August 8, 2008