Gamification and basic human needs in information technology design: A literature analysis

Jian Tang; Ping Zhang

doi:10.1145/3265689.3265695

Gamification and basic human needs in information technology design: A literature analysis

Jian Tang, Ping Zhang

School of Information Studies

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Abstract

Gamification is a promising approach to enhance user experience in many contexts. Taking a motivational perspective and using the motivational affordances theory as a guiding framework, this paper presents a literature analysis of 60 journal articles that study motivational influences of gamification in information technology design. Our results reveal that four types of game design features and eight basic human needs are studied in this pool of literature. Correspondence analysis indicates some interesting associations between game design features and basic human needs. We discuss the findings and suggest potential directions for future investigations.

Original language	English (US)
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3265689.3265695
State	Published - Jul 28 2018
Event	3rd International Conference on Crowd Science and Engineering, ICCSE 2018 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: Jul 28 2018 → Jul 31 2018

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Other	3rd International Conference on Crowd Science and Engineering, ICCSE 2018
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	7/28/18 → 7/31/18

Keywords

Basic human needs
Gamification
Literature analysis
Motivational affordance theory

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computer Networks and Communications

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