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Shuyuan Mary Ho1, Xiuwen Liu2, Md Shamim Seraj2
1School of Information, Florida State University, 142 Collegiate Loop, P.O. Box 3062100, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100 USA.
Abstract:
The impact of the COVID pandemic to our society is unprecedented in our time. As coronavirus mutates, maintaining social distance remains an essential step in defending personal as well as public health. This study conceptualizes the social distance "nudge" and explores the efficacy of mHealth digital intervention, while developing and validating a choice architecture that aims to influence users' behavior in maintaining social distance for their own self-interest. End-user nudging experiments were conducted via a mobile phone app that was developed as a research artifact. The accuracy of social distance nudging was validated in both United States and Japan. Future work will consider behavioral studies to better understand the effectiveness of this digital nudging intervention.
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