Suspenseful Design: Engaging Emotionally with Complex Applications through Compelling Narratives
dc.contributor.author | Langer, Kimberly Rebecca | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-29 19:04:28 (GMT) | |
dc.date.available | 2014-09-29 19:04:28 (GMT) | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-09-29 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2014-09-18 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/8882 | |
dc.description.abstract | Stories are fundamental to how we learn about and experience the world, but few software interfaces incorporate stories or use story-telling techniques. This thesis explores the possibility of applying principles of suspenseful storytelling to interaction design to create more engaging and emotionally compelling applications. Specifically, this work introduces a theoretical framework for designing suspenseful software-applications; describes the process of constructing a suspenseful, story-based tutorial; and documents a controlled experiment in which this suspenseful tutorial was pitted against two more traditional tutorial designs. Participants who used the narrative-based tutorial reported greater feelings of hopeful suspense than those who worked through an unsuspenseful tutorial. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Waterloo | en |
dc.subject | suspense | en |
dc.subject | narrative | en |
dc.subject | engagement | en |
dc.subject | motivation | en |
dc.subject | gamification | en |
dc.subject | application design | en |
dc.subject | tutorials | en |
dc.title | Suspenseful Design: Engaging Emotionally with Complex Applications through Compelling Narratives | en |
dc.type | Master Thesis | en |
dc.pending | false | |
dc.subject.program | Computer Science | en |
uws-etd.degree.department | School of Computer Science | en |
uws-etd.degree | Master of Mathematics | en |
uws.typeOfResource | Text | en |
uws.peerReviewStatus | Unreviewed | en |
uws.scholarLevel | Graduate | en |