A gamified platform for civic engagement in early warning

Romano, Marco; Dı́az, Paloma; Aedo, Ignacio

doi:10.1145/3233824.3233841

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“…The prototype was already presented in (Romano et al 2018). It has been designed to involve citizens in collecting information on potential risks that will be analysed by emergency organizations to determine whether a risk notification has to be issued.…”

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“…During the activity, the group analysed the proposed gamification mechanisms, the aesthetic aspects of the interface, such as icons and avatars, and the possible material and immaterial rewards. On the basis of the focus group's results, we developed the working prototype presented in (Romano et al 2018). It was already tested with 11 potential users through a preliminary study performed in a laboratory, with the aim of measuring the first impressions of perceived engagement and identifying usability and technical issues to be improved.…”

Section: The Gamified Applicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this context, we aim at contributing to ask the question of whether a gamified system fosters civic participation better than a non-gamified one. With that purpose, we present an experiment using two applications for civic participation: one based on game elements introduced in (Romano et al 2018) and an equivalent version without the game elements. 20 users took part in a between-subjects controlled field experiment for 1 week.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Gamification-less: may gamification really foster civic participation? A controlled field experiment

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In the context of smart communities, it is essential an active and continuous collaboration between citizens, organizations and institutions. There are several cases where citizens may be asked to participate such as in public decision-making process by informing, voting or proposing projects or in crisis management by sharing precise and timely information with other citizens and emergency organizations. However, these opportunities do not automatically result in participatory practices sustained over time. Mobile technologies and social networks provide the substratum for supporting formal empowerment, but citizen engagement in participation processes is still an open issue. One of the techniques used to improve engagement is gamification based on the humans’ predisposition to games. So far, we still lack studies that can prove the advantage of gamified systems respect to non-gamified ones in civic participation context. In this work, we present a between-group design experiment performed in the wild using two mobile applications enabling civic participation, one gamified and the other not. Our results highlight that the gamified application generates a better user experience and civic engagement.

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2021

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“…Another gamified application is presented in [Romano et al 2018], with the goal to involve citizens in collecting information on potential risks (such as the status of manholes, sidewalks or frozen streets) that might require emergency management actions by the government. A preliminary evaluation collected qualitative and quantitative data of 11 potential users.…”

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Gamification and civic engagement in digital government applications: a review

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In the context of Human Computer Interaction, engagement might be seen as a reflection of users' involvement and interaction with a digital system. To digital government initiatives, civic engagement refers to the ways in which citizens participate in the life of a community, in order to improve conditions for others or to help shape the communitys future. Recent studies have approached civic engagement harnessed by gamification, i.e. the adoption of game elements in non-game contexts. In this context, the goal of this research is to investigate which gamification studies and features have been applied to civic engagement initiatives. This study reviews current literature, looking for the relationship between civic engagement and how it has been applied to the Human Computer Interaction context.

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“…In this work, we apply this technique modeling the warning notifications as a set of activities, called missions, to perform that include typical game features like earning points, getting levels of expertise of cooperating with other in the mission. More information on the gamified version can be obtained at [19]. These activities have a double aim: collecting useful information for the operation center and offer an enjoyable experience for the users.…”

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Designing Affordable Technologies to Integrate Citizens in Early Warning Activities

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Early warning consists of monitoring precursors of a potential hazard to understand if it is evolving to a real risk and then be able to orchestrate an early response before the event happens in order to reduce its impact and damages. It mainly consists on collecting updated and reliable data that can help emergency operators to understand how a situation is evolving and project its consequences, that is, to support situation awareness on a potential risk. This process could be improved by integrating volunteers and citizens into the data collection process given that they are intelligent sensors equipped with mobile devices that can be used almost everywhere to collect and share information. In this paper we introduce a system relying upon ubiquitous computing to integrate citizens in checking the evolution of potential hazards. An asynchronous focus group technique to assess the system with EM professionals is also described in the paper.

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A gamified platform for civic engagement in early warning

Cited by 7 publications

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Gamification-less: may gamification really foster civic participation? A controlled field experiment

Gamification-less: may gamification really foster civic participation? A controlled field experiment

Gamification and civic engagement in digital government applications: a review

Designing Affordable Technologies to Integrate Citizens in Early Warning Activities

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