Clip from 19-Apr presscon. Glad people-centric technology is in the #COVID19 conversation. Citizens& #39; uptake is one of the challenges in using apps for contact tracing. My @MasseyUni PhD research on users’ perspectives on apps for disasters is becoming more and more relevant! 1/5

Research on the public& #39;s use of mobile technologies for crisis communication is fairly young. The public& #39;s motivation behind downloading, adapting, and the use of the technology are critical to ensure the full realisation of the crisis apps& #39; purpose. 2/5 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.06.009">https://doi.org/10.1016/j...

For example, user’s perspectives on the usability of an app will affect their intention to continue or abandon an app. 3/5 http://idl.iscram.org/files/marionlaratan/2018/1643_MarionLaraTan_etal2018.pdf">https://idl.iscram.org/files/mar...

Users’ can give insights to crisis app design. Consider familiarity and comfort. In my @NZJCDR study, a participant mentioned: “I appreciate that it looks like an app that I am familiar with. […] It’s what I’m used to. Which make me comfortable.” 4/5 http://idl.iscram.org/files/marionlaratan/2019/1946_MarionLaraTan_etal2019.pdf">https://idl.iscram.org/files/mar...

I’m interested in enhancing #resilience through understanding the intersection between human behaviour and technology during disasters. https://sites.google.com/view/mariontan/ ">https://sites.google.com/view/mari...

Possible research topics with #COVID19 and #apps: trust, acceptability, usability, usage, ethics, etc. 5/5