Category: Communication & Society

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Digital well-being deals with the well-being of people who are exposed to increasing technologization.

Usability, usually translated into German as “Gebrauchstauglichkeit” or “user-friendly design”, describes the quality of interaction between users and a system, software or product.

The EU defines smart cities as cities that use technology to improve the management and efficiency of urban space.

The term gamification refers to the use of game elements, i.e. design elements and mechanics from games, to create playful experiences in fields of application outside of board games or computer games.

Digital violence is a collective term for those uses of digital technologies with which other people are unlawfully attacked and put under pressure.

Digital participation refers to the social involvement of stakeholders in political and social decision-making and opinion-forming processes with the help of digital information and communication technologies.

In the metaverse, users are fully immersed in the virtual world with the help of technologies such as AR or VR.

In a distinction from classical mass media, social media dissolves the sender-receiver principle, enabling non-linear communication as well as networking.

The term nudging refers to the instrumentalisation of small changes in the structure of a decision-making process (so-called nudges) that lead to individuals changing their decisions in a predictable way.