Listen "What Makes Apps So Addictive?"
Episode Synopsis
Let's examine the pervasive nature of addictive design in digital platforms, particularly focusing on Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and freemium games, and their impact on user engagement and well-being, especially among adolescents. Our sources this time are several research papers conducted on this topic:• Design Frictions on Social Media: Balancing Reduced Mindless Scrolling and User Satisfaction ◦ Nicolas Ruiz, Gabriela Molina León, Hendrik Heuer• The Engagement-Prolonging Designs Teens Encounter on Very Large Online Platforms ◦ YIXIN CHEN, YUE FU, ZEYA CHEN, JENNY RADESKY, ALEXIS HINIKER• Addictive Features of Social Media/Messenger Platforms and Freemium Games against the Background of Psychological and Economic Theories ◦ Christian Montag, Bernd Lachmann, Marc Herrlich, Katharina Zweig• Rapid Onset of Pathological Gambling in Machine Gamblers ◦ Robert B. Breen and Mark Zimmerman• Emu: Engagement Modeling for User Studies ◦ Bo-Jhang Ho, Nima Nikzad, Bharathan Balaji, Mani Srivastava Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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