The Influence of Message Framing on Engagement with a Mobile Application for Motivating Exercise
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2011.
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| author | Nguyen, Anh Dang-Viet |
| author2 | Eric Chang and Stephen Intille. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/769952019-04-10T15:41:49Z The Influence of Message Framing on Engagement with a Mobile Application for Motivating Exercise Nguyen, Anh Dang-Viet Eric Chang and Stephen Intille. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2011. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 21). Mobile phone personal health monitoring software is designed to help people monitor and change their behavior. Exercise applications may measure heart rate, temperature, distance traveled, and movement. Although some of these programs incorporate behavioral theories to motivate engagement and behavior change, it is not yet clear that the devices can maintain engagement long term for individuals who are not strongly inclined to exercise already. If people do not use health apps for long periods of time - weeks, months or years instead of days - there are unlikely to be long-term health benefits. This paper describes a new mobile health application designed to motivate exercise via brisk walking: MyWalk. MyWalk delivers timely, tailored feedback messages intended to persuade additional brisk walking. An experiment was conducted to explore how message framing impacts application usage using participants who downloaded the application from an online app store. Author Keywords: Engagement, Health, Mobile, Phone, Pervasive Technology, Reinforcement, Personal Health Informatics, Design, Human-Computer Interaction. ACM Classification Keywords H5.m. Information interfaces and presentation (e.g., HCI): Miscellaneous. by Anh Dang-Viet Nguyen. M.Eng. 2013-02-14T15:36:19Z 2013-02-14T15:36:19Z 2011 2011 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76995 825555260 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 39 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Nguyen, Anh Dang-Viet The Influence of Message Framing on Engagement with a Mobile Application for Motivating Exercise |
| title | The Influence of Message Framing on Engagement with a Mobile Application for Motivating Exercise |
| title_full | The Influence of Message Framing on Engagement with a Mobile Application for Motivating Exercise |
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| title_short | The Influence of Message Framing on Engagement with a Mobile Application for Motivating Exercise |
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| topic | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. |
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