MirrorMe: increasing prosocial behaviour in public transport

Ida Damen; Andrea Bravo; Anouk Harde; Regina Bernhaupt; Maximilian Brehm; John McClelland; Julian Frommel

doi:10.1145/3290607.3312961

MirrorMe: increasing prosocial behaviour in public transport

Ida Damen, Andrea Bravo, Anouk Harde, Regina Bernhaupt, Maximilian Brehm, John McClelland, Julian Frommel

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Abstract

Public transport can be a place where commuters feel rushed or stressed. Missing your train, a delayed bus or crowdedness at the station does not induce happiness among most people. As a consequence, prosocial behaviour like offering someone a seat is displayed less often. We discuss the design and design process of MirrorMe, a simple communal game to induce positive mood of commuters. MirrorMe aims to increase prosocial behaviour through mimicry. Commuters are challenged to “make a face” and thereby connect to other commuters. MirrorMe will be installed in a public display close to a train station enabling access to all commuters and passersby. This work addresses the need for games and play in public setting to stimulate prosocial behaviour. It exemplifies how multidisciplinary HCI approaches in a gamejam setting can contribute to real life challenges. We conclude with open questions for impact evaluation in future work.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450359719
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3312961
Publication status	Published - 2 May 2019
Event	37th ACM Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019 - Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 4 May 2019 → 9 May 2019 Conference number: 37 https://chi2019.acm.org

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Conference	37th ACM Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019
Abbreviated title	CHI 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	4/05/19 → 9/05/19
Internet address	https://chi2019.acm.org

Keywords

Benevolent behaviour
Empathy games
Gamejam
Mood induction
Playful intervention
Prosocial behaviour
Public transport

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Damen, I, Bravo, A, Harde, A, Bernhaupt, R, Brehm, M, McClelland, J & Frommel, J 2019, MirrorMe: increasing prosocial behaviour in public transport. in CHI EA 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 3312961, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, New York, 37th ACM Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 4/05/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3312961

MirrorMe: increasing prosocial behaviour in public transport. / Damen, Ida; Bravo, Andrea; Harde, Anouk et al.
CHI EA 2019 - Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2019. 3312961.

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