Strangers in a Strange Land: Designing a Mobile Application to Combat Loneliness and Isolation Among Foreign University Students
- The findings presented in this article were obtained through a preliminary exploratory study conducted at the Offenburg University as part of the Fighting Loneliness project promoted by the institution’s Affective & Cognitive Institute (ACI) from October 2019 to February 2020. The initiative’s main objective was to answer the research question “How should an app be designed to reduce lonelinessThe findings presented in this article were obtained through a preliminary exploratory study conducted at the Offenburg University as part of the Fighting Loneliness project promoted by the institution’s Affective & Cognitive Institute (ACI) from October 2019 to February 2020. The initiative’s main objective was to answer the research question “How should an app be designed to reduce loneliness and social isolation among university students?” with the collaboration of the institution’s students.…
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| Document Type: | Article |
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| State of review: | Begutachtet (reviewed) |
| Zitierlink: | https://opus.hs-offenburg.de/4368 | Bibliografische Angaben |
| Title (English): | Strangers in a Strange Land: Designing a Mobile Application to Combat Loneliness and Isolation Among Foreign University Students |
| Author: | Rogério Augusto Bordini ORCiD, Johann-Christoph Münscher, Kim Annabell Baumgartner, Sara HagosGND, Jennifer HornigGND, Stefano GampeStaff MemberORCiDGND, Berkay YamanGND, Oliver KornStaff MemberORCiDGND, Philipp Yorck HerzbergORCiD |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2020/10/08 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| First Page: | 81 |
| Last Page: | 87 |
| Parent Title (English): | Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science |
| Issue: | 6 |
| ISSN: | 2366-5963 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-020-00171-6 |
| URN: | https://urn:nbn:de:bsz:ofb1-opus4-43686 |
| Language: | English | Inhaltliche Informationen |
| Institutes: | Fakultät Medien und Informationswesen (M+I) (bis 21.04.2021) |
| Research: | ACI - Affective and Cognitive Institute |
| Collections of the Offenburg University: | Bibliografie |
| DDC classes: | 000 Allgemeines, Informatik, Informationswissenschaft |
| 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften | |
| Tag: | Computer Science; Human Computer Interaction Gamification; Human Computrer Interaction; Loneliness; Mobile Applications; Social Isolation | Formale Angaben |
| Open Access: | Open Access |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |