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Area Ingegneria
Fostering Digital Well-being through Emotional Engagement and Gaming
Parole chiave DIGITAL WELLBEING, EDUCATIONAL GAME, GAMES, HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION, MOBILE APP DESIGN, MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT
Riferimenti LUIGI DE RUSSIS, ALBERTO MONGE ROFFARELLO
Riferimenti esterni Luca Scibetta
Gruppi di ricerca DAUIN - GR-10 - INTELLIGENT AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS - ELITE
Tipo tesi EXPERIMENTAL
Descrizione As digital devices become increasingly integrated into daily life, concerns about technology dependence continue to grow, particularly among younger generations. While digital self-control tools exist, their limited long-term effectiveness suggests the need for alternative approaches to promote digital wellbeing. Despite the recognized importance of educational and awareness-based interventions, limited research explores how emotional engagement could be leveraged to promote digital wellbeing, especially among adolescent users.
This thesis explores the potential of serious gaming principles in promoting digital wellbeing through an innovative mobile application. Drawing from virtual pet applications and data humanism approaches, the research aims to investigate how personified data visualization can influence users' awareness of their technology usage patterns. The thesis will provide insights into designing more effective digital well-being interventions by studying the relationship between emotional engagement and behavioral change. Operatively, the research will involve developing and testing a mobile application where users' digital well-being metrics are reflected through a virtual being's health status.
If successful, the results of this thesis will contribute to HCI research on digital well-being interventions and will be released as an open-source project.
Conoscenze richieste Experience with mobile app development
Knowledge of UI/UX design principles
Good understanding of game design principles and practices
Interest in digital wellbeing
Scadenza validita proposta 29/01/2026
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