Flow Experience in Cyberspace: Current Studies and Perspectives

Voiskounsky, Alexander E.

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511813740.005

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“…According to Ghani's model, the experience of flow can produce positive cognitive effects in users, such as an augmented focus on the process, increased creativity, and enhanced learning. Other HCI scholars have focused on the investigation of the specific characteristics of optimal experience in computer-mediated communication activities, including Web-navigation, 32,33 computer hacking, 34,35 learning to use professional resources on the Web, 36,37 and playing online games. 34 In the context of interaction design, Pace 37 has defined specific guidelines about how to create Web sites that encourage optimal experience.…”

Section: Positive Technology: Definition and Applications 71mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other HCI scholars have focused on the investigation of the specific characteristics of optimal experience in computer-mediated communication activities, including Web-navigation, 32,33 computer hacking, 34,35 learning to use professional resources on the Web, 36,37 and playing online games. 34 In the context of interaction design, Pace 37 has defined specific guidelines about how to create Web sites that encourage optimal experience. These suggestions include: exploiting curiosity; being conscious of time urgency; matching challenges to the skills of users; focusing attention with relevant, interesting content; avoiding distracting interface elements; and enhancing discovery with surprise.…”

Section: Positive Technology: Definition and Applications 71mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Positive Technology: Using Interactive Technologies to Promote Positive Functioning

Riva

Baños

Botella

et al. 2012

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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It is generally assumed that technology assists individuals in improving the quality of their lives. However, the impact of new technologies and media on well-being and positive functioning is still somewhat controversial. In this paper, we contend that the quality of experience should become the guiding principle in the design and development of new technologies, as well as a primary metric for the evaluation of their applications. The emerging discipline of Positive Psychology provides a useful framework to address this challenge. Positive Psychology is the scientific study of optimal human functioning and flourishing. Instead of drawing on a ''disease model'' of human behavior, it focuses on factors that enable individuals and communities to thrive and build the best in life. In this paper, we propose the ''Positive Technology'' approach-the scientific and applied approach to the use of technology for improving the quality of our personal experience through its structuring, augmentation, and/or replacement-as a way of framing a suitable object of study in the field of cyberpsychology and human-computer interaction. Specifically, we suggest that it is possible to use technology to influence three specific features of our experience-affective quality, engagement/actualization, and connectedness-that serve to promote adaptive behaviors and positive functioning. In this framework, positive technologies are classified according to their effects on a specific feature of personal experience. Moreover, for each level, we have identified critical variables that can be manipulated to guide the design and development of positive technologies.

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Section: Positive Technology: Definition and Applications 71mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Positive Technology: Definition and Applications 71mentioning

confidence: 99%

Positive Technology: Using Interactive Technologies to Promote Positive Functioning

Riva

Baños

Botella

et al. 2012

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

312

196

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“…the diverse "flow models" are based on the slightly different sets of characteristics, including vividness, interactivity, (tele)presence, mediated perception of an environment, control, concentration, enjoyment, curiosity, intrinsic interest and so on (Hoffman & Novak, 1996;Chen et al, 1999;Hsu & Lu, 2004). Among those dimensions, telepresence and interactivity are probably the best terms to characterize the specifics of flow experienced in cyberspace environments (Voiskounsky, 2008).…”

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Empirical study on flow experience in China tourism e-commerce market

Wang

2015

JIEM

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Abstract:Purpose: While tourism e-commerce develops rapidly in China, these channels are truly new to both web providers and web consumers, understanding the nature of these media attaches greater importance. This study investigates the mediation effects of flow experience on the relationship between motivation and behavior intention in tourism e-commerce.Design/methodology/approach: Based on the technology acceptance model, an empirical study is designed to test this relationship. We estimated the measurement model with 13 manifest indicators and 4 latent constructs by CFA to assess the reliability and validity of the construct measures, then tested hypotheses by OLS regression and a formal three-step mediation procedure. Findings:Overall, the results reveal that trust is incorporated in motivation and play it's role together with other motivations; telepresence and concentration are confirmed in flow experience, and both partially mediated the relationship. Research limitations/implications:This study demonstrates that to improve consumers' usage adoption, marketers should pay much attention to not only consumers' motivation but also the areas such as flow experience.-349-Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management -http://dx.doi.org/10.3926/jiem.1393 Originality/value: this study takes flow experience as a new perspective to explore China tourism e-commerce, estimates its measurement and tests its roles between motivation and behavior intention.

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“…Recent years some researches of computer games' activity and Internet activity has been being fulfilled [20,21]. Such researches are widely spreading throughout the world 17,18].…”

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Influence of studying in higher educational establishment on students’ harmful computer habits

Kudryavtsev

Kramida

Єрмаков

2016

PES

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Abstract. Purpose: to determine influence of educational process on prevalence of students' harmful computer habits. Material: in the research 1 st -3 rd year students (803 boys and 596 girls) participated. All they specialized in discipline "Physical culture". The students had no health disorders. Results: it was found that in average students have 2 computer habits everyone. The most probable and dangerous in respect to addicting are habits to use internet and computer games. Student, who has these habits, spends more than 4 hours a day for them. 33% of 1 st year boys and 16% of 1 st year girls spend more than 2 hours a day for computer games. 15-20 % of boys and 25-30% of year girls waste more than 4 hours a day in internet. 10-15% of boys spend more than 4 hours a day for computer games. It is very probable that these students already have computer games' addiction. Conclusions: recent time dangerous tendency to watching anime has been appearing. Physical culture faculties and departments shall take additional measures on reduction of students' computer addictions. Teachers of all disciplines shall organize educational process with the help of electronic resources so that not to provoke progressing of students' computer habits.

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Flow Experience in Cyberspace: Current Studies and Perspectives

Cited by 24 publications

References 78 publications

Positive Technology: Using Interactive Technologies to Promote Positive Functioning

Positive Technology: Using Interactive Technologies to Promote Positive Functioning

Empirical study on flow experience in China tourism e-commerce market

Influence of studying in higher educational establishment on students’ harmful computer habits

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