Using Visual Impact Metaphors to Stimulate Environmentally Friendly Behavior: The Roles of Response Efficacy and Evaluative Persuasion Knowledge

Meijers, Marijn H. C.; Remmelswaal, Paola; Wonneberger, Anke

doi:10.1080/17524032.2018.1544160

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“…Perceived empathy describes users' perception that the PSS can resonate with their feelings (Plank et al , 1996). In existing research, VIMs have been found to be “generally more persuasive than literal arguments” but are less likely to trigger “evaluative persuasive knowledge” in the message recipient (Boerman et al , 2012; Meijers et al , 2019). Therefore, VIMs are less likely to be suspected, more likely to evoke deeper affects and be positively evaluated by the message recipient (Meijers et al , 2019).…”

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“…The use of metaphors for information visualization has been extensively researched in the fields of environmental studies, education and advertising (Iacoboni and Dapretto, 2006; Gatsou et al , 2011; Li et al , 2017b; Meijers et al , 2019). Visual metaphors are effective tools for the quick transmission of effective mental models from the mind of one party to another in circumstances like user interface design and information visualization.…”

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“…Extending Meijers et al (2019)'s definition, we define VIM-based AEM as an AEM entity that embraces “a visual implicit comparison or analogy” to another object so as to visualize the impact of one's behaviours using a dynamic feedback feature (Meijers et al , 2019, p. 998). To elaborate, AEM can be classified and implemented in two major forms: while VIM-based AEM focuses on the use of visual metaphors to mirror user affective experience, non-VIM type of AEM does not utilize visual metaphors in user affective experience mirroring (Figure 1).…”

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“…Visual (impact) metaphors have been widely adopted and researched in the marketing (Sopory and Dillard, 2002; Lee et al , 2019) and environmental field (Thibodeau et al , 2017; Meijers et al , 2019). The vivid visual analogy or metaphor was found to lead to more positive evaluations of the message, such as impressiveness, fun, empathy and persuasiveness and generate higher levels of perceived source credibility (Lee et al , 2019; Sopory and Dillard, 2002; Phillips and McQuarrie, 2004).…”

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Meaningful gamification for psychological empowerment: exploring user affective experience mirroring in a psychological self-help system

Chau

Guo

2020

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PurposeInspired by the dynamic changes in our daily lives enabled via quantified-self technologies and the urgent need for more studies on the human-computer interaction design mechanisms adopted by these applications, this study explores the value of user affective experience mirroring and examines the empowerment effect of meaningful gamification in a psychological self-help system (PSS) that aids people in work stress relief.Design/methodology/approachBased on an analysis of the existing systems and theories in relevant fields, we conducted mixed-method research, involving semi-structured interviews, experience sampling experiments and user bio data triangulations, to identify the benefits of user affective experience mirroring and examine the impact of visual impact metaphor–based (VIM) meaningful gamification on PSS users.FindingsFor a gamified PSS, users generally perceive VIM as arousing more feelings of enjoyment, empathy, trust and usefulness, empowering them to gain more mastery and control over their emotional well-beings, especially with relieving their occupational stress and upbringing their level of perceived happiness. Overtime, VIM-based meaningful gamification further boosts such value of a PSS.Research limitations/implicationsWeaving together meaningful gamification and psychological empowerment theories, the results emphasized that successful empowerment of user through gamification in PSSs relies heavily on whether a deeper and meaningful affective connection can be established with the users, in short, “meaningful gamification for psychological empowerment”. Such an understanding, as demonstrated in our research framework, also sheds light on the design theories for persuasive technology and human influence tactics during human computer interactions.Practical implicationsThe results of the study demonstrate to practitioners how to make the best use of gamification strategies to deeply relate to and resonate with users. Even without complicated game-play design, meaningful gamification mechanisms, such as VIM facilitate the empowerment of users while gaining their appreciation, establishing a deeper connection with them and eventually generating persuasive effects on intended future behavioural outcomes.Social implicationsThe effective management of work-related stress with handy tools such as a VIM-based PSS can be beneficial for many organizations and, to a large extent, the society.Originality/valueThis study proposed and empirically demonstrated the empowerment effect of meaningful gamification for PSS users. In this cross-disciplinary study, theories from different research domains were synthesized to develop a more thorough and multi-faceted understanding of the optimal design strategies for emerging information systems like this VIM-based PSS.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Foundationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Foundationmentioning

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Meaningful gamification for psychological empowerment: exploring user affective experience mirroring in a psychological self-help system

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2020

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“…This important role of metaphors to "translate" new, complex, vague issues into more familiar, simpler, more concrete ones has been already recognised in the context of sustainable living: (a) there is a longstanding theoretical and experimental scholarship seeking to uncover "metaphors [to] survive by" (e.g. Karlsson, 2015;Larson, 2011;Meijers et al, 2018;Norgaard, 1995); and (b) researchers have started analysing metaphor use within business and educational sustainability discourses and within the discourse of proenvironmental citizens, identifying Journey 3 and Limit metaphors as particularly common (Carew & Mitchell, 2006;Milne et al, 2006;Uren et al, 2019). This paper advances research on metaphors and sustainability by exploring the understudied area of how sustainable living 4 is metaphorically presented on top personal green living blogs authored by ordinary individuals.…”

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