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Imagined Affordance: Reconstructing a Keyword for Communication Theory [PDF]

Social Media + Society, 2015
In this essay, we reconstruct a keyword for communication—affordance. Affordance, adopted from ecological psychology, is now widely used in technology studies, yet the term lacks a clear definition.
Peter Nagy, Gina Neff
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Learning-Behavioral Affordances in German Textbooks: Sustainability-Oriented Intercultural Competence Development in China [PDF]

Behavioral Sciences
This study examines how German textbooks provide learning-behavioral affordances for sustainability-oriented intercultural competence development. Drawing on Klieme’s competence-model logic, ESD, intercultural competence research, learning behavior ...
Chenxi Li, Enuo Wang
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AIGC affordance and student self-regulation in private undergraduate education: a serial mediation model of self-efficacy and learning motivation [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionWhile AIGC tools are reshaping student learning, the psychological mechanisms through which AIGC affordance translates into adaptive learning behaviors remain underexplored.
Shi-Zhu Liang, Zhi-Cheng Li, Yu-Ming Hsu, Jia-Lu Xu   +3 more
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A study on the relationship between technological affordance of age-appropriate smart wearable devices and the well-being of older adults [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionGlobal population aging is intensifying, posing significant challenges to care for older adults. In this context, age-appropriate smart wearable devices, with their capabilities for efficient physiological monitoring, disease prevention, and ...
Hao Zhang, Shusheng Yang, Yili Lin
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Affording Sustainability: Adopting a Theory of Affordances as a Guiding Heuristic for Environmental Policy [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
Human behavior is an underlying cause for many of the ecological crises faced in the 21st century, and there is no escaping from the fact that widespread behavior change is necessary for socio-ecological systems to take a sustainable turn.
Roope O. Kaaronen
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Enhancing employee creativity with enterprise social media: a psychological insights approach [PDF]

BMC Psychology
Enterprise social media (ESM) represents an emerging technological tool that may assist employees in navigating workplace uncertainties. The present study investigates the relationship between ESM affordances and individual creativity, framed within the ...
Wenxuan DU, Abdul Hameed Pitafi, Sobia Asher   +2 more
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Affordance Types and Their Determinants in Patient Mobile Health Portals Use: An Empirical Investigation [PDF]

Journal of Medical Internet Research
BackgroundMobile health portals (MHPs) are becoming increasingly important and prevalent among health care organizations for engaging and retaining patients. However, their success hinges on patient adoption and usage.
Haoran Zheng, Weidong Xia, Jingdong Ma
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Enhancing fitness and health outcomes through augmented reality exercise apps: The role of technology affordances and user engagement [PDF]

Digital Health
Objective The impact of augmented reality (AR) exercise apps on health-related behaviors and outcomes remains underexplored. Grounded in affordance theory, this study investigates how the utilitarian, hedonic, and social affordances of these apps ...
Yilong Chen, Yanhong Chen, Yaner Yang
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Organizational Affordances: A Structuration Theory Approach to Affordances [PDF]

Interacting with Computers, 2016
Affordance is an important concept in the field of human-computer interaction. There are various interpretations of affordances, often extending the original notion of James J. Gibson. Often the treatment of affordances in the current human-computer interaction literature has been a one-to-one relationship between a user and an artefact.
Dhaval Vyas, Cristina Chisalita, Alan J. Dix   +2 more
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The influence of e-commerce live streaming affordance on consumer’s gift-giving and purchase intention

Data Science and Management, 2023
In e-commerce live streaming, sellers choose the most suitable streamers to endorse their products. The streamer introduces the main functions of the goods, organizes marketing activities, improves the consumers’ shopping experience, and finally ...
Yunfan Lu, Yucheng He, Yifei Ke
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