The emerging requirement for digital addiction labels

Authors: Ali, R., Jiang, N., Phalp, K., Muir, S. and McAlaney, J.

Journal: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volume: 9013

Pages: 198-213

eISSN: 1611-3349

ISBN: 9783319161006

ISSN: 0302-9743

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16101-3_13

Abstract:

[Context & motivation] Digital Addiction, e.g. to social networks sites and games, is becoming a public interest issue which has a variety of socio-economic effects. Recent studies have shown correlation between Digital Addiction and certain negative consequences such as depression, reduced creativity and productivity, lack of sleep and disconnection from reality. Other research showed that Digital Addiction has withdrawal symptoms similar to those found in drug, tobacco, and alcohol addiction. [Question/problem] While industries like tobacco and alcohol are required by certain laws to have a label to raise awareness of the potential consequences of the use, we still do not have the same for addictive software. [Principal ideas/results] In this study, we advocate the need for Digital Addiction labels as an emerging ethical and professional requirement. We investigate the design of such labels from a user’s perspective through an empirical study, following a mixed-methods approach, and report on the results. [Contribution] Our ultimate goal is to introduce the need for labelling to both researchers and developers and provide a checklist of questions to consider when handling this non-functional requirement.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21891/

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The Emerging Requirement for Digital Addiction Labels

Authors: Ali, R., Jiang, N., Phalp, K., Muir, S. and McAlaney, J.

Journal: REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING: FOUNDATION FOR SOFTWARE QUALITY ( REFSQ 2015)

Volume: 9013

Pages: 198-213

eISSN: 1611-3349

ISBN: 978-3-319-16100-6

ISSN: 0302-9743

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16101-3_13

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21891/

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The Emerging Requirement for Digital Addiction Labels

Authors: Ali, R., Jiang, N., Phalp, K., Muir, S. and McAlaney, J.

Conference: The 21st International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ 2015)

Dates: 23-26 March 2015

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21891/

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Preferred by: Keith Phalp, Nan Jiang and John McAlaney

The Emerging Requirement for Digital Addiction Labels.

Authors: Ali, R., Jiang, N., Phalp, K., Muir, S. and McAlaney, J.

Editors: Fricker, S.A. and Schneider, K.

Journal: REFSQ

Volume: 9013

Pages: 198-213

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 978-3-319-16100-6

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21891/

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16101-3

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The Emerging Requirement for Digital Addiction Labels

Authors: Ali, R., Jiang, N., Phalp, K.T., Muir, S. and McAlaney, J.

Conference: The 20th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ 2015)

Abstract:

[Context & motivation] Digital Addiction, e.g. to social networks sites and games, is becoming a public interest issue which has a variety of so- cio-economic effects. Recent studies have shown correlation between Digital Addiction and certain negative consequences such as depression, reduced crea- tivity and productivity, lack of sleep and disconnection from reality. Other re- search showed that Digital Addiction has withdrawal symptoms similar to those found in drug, tobacco, and alcohol addiction. [Question/problem] While in- dustries like tobacco and alcohol are required by certain laws to have a label to raise awareness of the potential consequences of the use, we still do not have the same for addictive software. [Principal ideas/results] In this study, we ad- vocate the need for Digital Addiction labels as an emerging ethical and profes- sional requirement. We investigate the design of such labels from a user’s per- spective through an empirical study, following a mixed-methods approach, and report on the results. [Contribution] Our ultimate goal is to introduce the need for labelling to both researchers and developers and provide a checklist of ques- tions to consider when handling this non-functional requirement.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21891/

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