Clip from 19-Apr presscon. Glad people-centric technology is in the #COVID19 conversation. Citizens' 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's use of mobile technologies for crisis communication is fairly young. The public's motivation behind downloading, adapting, and the use of the technology are critical to ensure the full realisation of the crisis apps' purpose. 2/5 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.06.009

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

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

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

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