Gamification for Human Factors Integration: Social, Education, and Psychological Issues

By Jonathan Bishop

With the popularity and ease-of-access to internet technologies, especially social networking, a number of human-centered issues has developed including internet addiction and cyber bullying. In an effort to encourage positive behavior, it is believed that applying gaming principles to non-gaming environments through gamification can assist in improving human interaction online. Gamification for Human Factors Integration: Social, Educational, and Psychological Issues presents information and best practices for promoting positive behavior online through gamification applications in social, educational, and psychological contexts. Through up-to-date research and practical applications, educators, academicians, information technology professionals, and psychologists will gain valuable insight into human-internet interaction and a possible solution for improving the relationship between society and technology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1466650710
• ISBN13: 9781466650718
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 2.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"