Persuasiv design: A different approach to information systems (and information)

TY - JOUR

T1 - Persuasiv design

T2 - A different approach to information systems (and information)

AU - Hasle, Per

PY - 2011/11/22

Y1 - 2011/11/22

N2 - The purpose of this paper is to introduce the theme issue on “Persuasive design”. 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. 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. 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).

AB - The purpose of this paper is to introduce the theme issue on “Persuasive design”. 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. 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. 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).

U2 - 10.1108/07378831111189697

DO - 10.1108/07378831111189697

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0737-8831

VL - 29

SP - 569

EP - 572

JO - Library Hi Tech

JF - Library Hi Tech

IS - 4

ER -