Devangi Vivrekar’s Persuasive Design Techniques In The Attention Economy has served as an invaluable source of information while researching for this project, I’ like to highlight some quotes that I find to be of particular interest that my not have made their way into my essay.
‘When all apps, even meditation apps that intend to install calm, must compete with social media apps for morning attention, they join what Harris calls the ‘arms race for attention’. This proliferates techniques that ‘race to the bottom of the brainstem’. ~ Devangi Vivrekar, Persuasive Design Techniques In The Attention Economy, page 7
‘The compounding effect of these production higher level cognition can then be extended to impact the very basis of our ‘freedom, wellbeing, and even the integrity of the self,’ which demonstrates how these seemingly small design techniques can have large cognitive impacts when interacted with so frequently and intimately.’ ~ Devangi Vivrekar, Persuasive Design Techniques In The Attention Economy, page 9
‘By removing visual cues that indicates how much has been consumed or when to stop consuming, people engage more in activities that are considered mindless.’ ~ Devangi Vivrekar, Persuasive Design Techniques In The Attention Economy, page 12
I’ve found my reading into persuasive design to be really intriguing but haven’t found a way to tie it in with the essay for this project. With that said, I will keep researching over the summer in hopes to tie it in when I have the opportunity to talk about the full scope of the modern digital climate in my final year.