Essays about: "dark pattern"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words dark pattern.

  1. 1. Dark Patterns in the Travel Industry : A study on users’ perception of dark patterns on airline companies’ websites

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Informationssystem

    Author : Ebba Holmberg; Sarah Manse; [2023]
    Keywords : Dark patterns; deceptive patterns; dark UX; user experience; user perception; Dark patterns; deceptive patterns; dark UX; användarupplevelse; användares uppfattning;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how airline companies use dark patterns on their websites and how users perceive them. Dark patterns are deceiving design strategies that take advantage of users by integrating misleading user interface features to trick users into doing things they did not mean to. READ MORE

  3. 2. Exploring the intersection of deceptive designs and user perceptions in the data economy

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

    Author : Jonathan Andersson; Arvid Jedeur-Palmgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Dark patterns; Privacy; Data collection; Data economy;

    Abstract : When users in the EU visits a website, they will face a cookie consent banner because of the current regulations. A framework called “notice-and-consent” is in place to inform users about cookies and their intentions and to receive consent from the user. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Dark Patterns of Battle Passes : Investigating player attitudes to a growing type of microtransaction

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Eric Fredriksson Friman; Ola Zätterlund; [2023]
    Keywords : Dark patterns; battle passes; microtransactions; end users; HCI;

    Abstract : In recent years, many PC and console video games have seen a shift towards live service models as a means of generating recurring revenue through in-game purchases called microtransactions. Microtransactions have been linked to the concept of dark patterns—design patterns that favour the service at the expense of the end user—due to their possible negative impact on the user experience. READ MORE

  5. 4. TockTick : Adding Friction to TikTok Interaction

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Ao Xu; [2022]
    Keywords : dark pattern; screen time control; reflective design; design friction; mörkt mönster; skärmtidskontroll; reflekterande design; designfriktion;

    Abstract : Many different strategies have been used to study screen time control to deal with the side effects of dark patterns. However, users might be annoyed by those methods that create too strong “friction” and give them up too soon. READ MORE

  6. 5. Analyzing the use of Humidity Cue in Navigation of Drosophila melanogaster

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Biomedicinsk teknik

    Author : Kalle Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Humidity is one of the main abiotic factor of ecosystems and affects animals behaviour, fitness and distribution. Due to their small size and inability to thermoregulate using metabolism, insects, such as the fruit fly Drosophila Melanogaster, are especially reliant on humidity. READ MORE