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Design Research Themes for Mindful Interaction

Research Output:
Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter
Article in proceedings
 Peer-review

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Output type

Research Output:
Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter
Article in proceedings
 Peer-review

Original language

English

Article number

5

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 24-29 (6 pages)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 07/11/2019

Publication status

Published - 07/11/2019

Place of publication

Linköping

Publisher

Linköping University Press

ISBN (Print)

1650-3686

ISBN (Electronic)

1650-3740, 978-91-7929-957-6

Host publication title

Proceedings of the 17th Scandinavian Conference on Health Informatics

Abstract

The increasing excessive, automated or unaware use of smartphones calls for a better understanding and design of ‘mindful’ interactions with this device. In this 2-week study with 11 participants we focus on the influence of the operating system’s interface in inviting for ‘mindful’ or ‘mindless’ interactions. Patterns of smartphone use were studied with a standard interface for the first week, and a reconfigured interface for the second week - the reconfigured interface being designed for more intentional use. Based on the study results we formulate a set of 5 design research themes for mindful interaction, and illustrate them in a conceptual proposal.

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