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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Don’t be afraid! Persuasive Practices in the Wild
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Mateusz Dolata
  • Gerhard Schwabe
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Publisher Springer
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0925-9724
Volume 27
Number 3-6
Page Range 427 - 462
Date 2018
Abstract Text Advisory service encounters evolve from providing expertise to joint problem-solving. Additionally, advisees depend on persuasion, which drives them to follow the advisor’s recommendations. However, advisors can be insufficiently equipped to persuade, resulting in advisees who are incapable of action or are unmotivated. Persuasive technology (PT) research proves that technology can motivate and enable people in single-user scenarios but pays limited attention to the natural realm of persuasion: the face-to-face conversation. This paper explores how persuasive technology transforms advice giving, a collaborative scenario involving an expert and a layperson. In such scenarios, IT does not act as a persuader but can provide affordances for persuasive practices, i.e., suggest new practices or enhance existing ones for convincing the advisee without deception or enforcement. We investigate the advisory practices in 24 real burglary prevention service encounters supported by IT. The paper shows the persuasive practices emerging through appropriation of the system, the tensions that govern the adoption or transformation of specific practices and routines and it confirms that studying the use and appropriation of technology uncovers organizational conflicts and tensions affecting such fundamental aspects as the advisor’s role and job description. Keywords Advisory practices Advisory services Appropriation Burglary Crime prevention Motivation and ability Persuasive practices Persuasive technology Practice theory
Official URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10606-018-9330-4
Digital Object Identifier 10.1007/s10606-018-9330-4
Other Identification Number merlin-id:17205
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