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dc.contributor.authorMaier, Maximilian
dc.contributor.authorHarr, Rikard
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-02T10:39:58Z
dc.date.available2020-09-02T10:39:58Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationMaier, Maximilian; Karhulahti, Harr, Rikard (2020). Dark Design Patterns : An End-User Perspective. Human Technology, 16 (2), 170-199. DOI: 10.17011/ht/urn.202008245641
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/71607
dc.description.abstractThe number of websites and mobile applications available is growing continually, as are the persuasive approaches to influence human behavior and decision making. Although designing for persuasion offers several potential benefits, recent developments expose various deceptive designs, that is, dark patterns, that utilize psychological factors to nudge people toward, from someone else’s perspective, desired directions. This paper contributes to an increased awareness of the phenomenon of dark patterns through our exploring how users perceive and experience these patterns. Hence, we chose a qualitative research approach, with focus groups and interviews, for our exploration. Our analysis shows that participants were moderately aware of these deceptive techniques, several of which were perceived as sneaky and dishonest. Respondents further expressed a resigned attitude toward such techniques and primarily blamed businesses for their occurrence. Users considered their dependency on services employing these practices, thus making it difficult to avoid fully dark patterns.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherJyväskylän Yliopisto
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHuman Technology: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Humans in ICT Environments
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 4.0
dc.subject.otherdark patternsfi
dc.subject.otherpersuasive designfi
dc.subject.otherdeceptive designfi
dc.subject.otherevil designfi
dc.subject.otherqualitative studyfi
dc.titleDark Design Patterns : An End-User Perspective
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202009025729
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.identifier.doi10.17011/ht/urn.202008245641
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange170-199
dc.relation.issn1795-6889
dc.relation.numberinseries2
dc.relation.volume16
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright©2020 Maximilian Maier & Rikard Harr, and the Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä
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dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/


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