Persuasive design: a different approach to information systems (and information)
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to introduce the theme issue on “Persuasive design”.
Design/methodology/approach
This editorial describes the essential ideas and purposes of persuasive design (PD). PD's relation to other IT‐disciplines and rhetoric in general is discussed. A special emphasis is put on the possible wider implications for the concept of information.
Findings
PD makes an important difference for information systems design. It is also an obvious part of a wider development towards user involvement. PD rests not only on persuasive techniques adapted to information systems, but also on overall information architecture. For that reason PD may be seen as having wider implications for the very ideas of information and information systems.
Originality/value
The introduction of the essential ideas of PD is per se mainly descriptive. The emphasis on the relation to rhetoric and the concomitant implications for library and information systems is largely original (when compared with other discussions of PD).
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Citation
Hasle, P. (2011), "Persuasive design: a different approach to information systems (and information)", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 29 No. 4, pp. 569-572. https://doi.org/10.1108/07378831111189697
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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