The CHI 2011 Conference will be having a workshop on May 7 on gamification, bringing together many academics, designers, and others interested in the use of video game elements in non-gaming systems to improve user experience (UX) and user engagement. The workshop aims to bring together “practitioners and researchers to develop a shared understanding of [...]
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Badges in Social Media paper
Antin and Churchill (2011) have published a brief paper from the CHI 2011 conference on badges in social media. The authors deconstruct badges and present five social psychological functions for badges in social media contexts: goal setting, instruction, reputation, status/affirmation, and group identification. Read the paper here.
