Digital nudging: guiding online user choices through interface design

Abstract

Designers can create designs that nudge users toward the most desirable option.

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Index Terms

• Applied computing

  • Electronic commerce

• Human-centered computing

  • Interaction design

• Networks

  • Network types

    • Overlay and other logical network structures

      • World Wide Web (network structure)

• Social and professional topics

  • User characteristics