• A systematic review of user-centred design practices in illicit substance use interventions for higher education students 

  Organ, Damien; Dick, Samantha; Hurley, Caroline; Heavin, Ciara; Linehan, Conor; Dockray, Samantha; Davoren, Martin; Byrne, Michael (AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2018-06)

  There is increasing interest within the mobile health (mHealth) field for technologies that encourage users to change or avoid certain health related behaviours. Recently the area of illicit substance use has attracted the ...
• Narcissism: a factor behind the selective sharing of news online 

  Sweeten, George J. D.; Jeske, Debora; Lin, Ruoyun (BCS Learning and Development Ltd., 2017-07)

  The current study examined the extent to which narcissism influences the social network users’ intention to share positive and negative life events with (close or unknown) online contacts. Using an online survey, small ...
• The role of social media in artisanal production: a case of craft beer 

  Foster, Derek; Kirman, Ben; Linehan, Conor; Lawson, Shaun (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2017)

  We present craft beer as part of an artisan industry case study that demonstrates how the use of social media creates a community narrative that engages both producer and consumer around the artisanal produce and its values. ...
• Leveraging icebreaking tasks to facilitate uptake of voice communication in multiplayer games 

  Hicks, Kieran; Gerling, Kathrin; Dickinson, Patrick; Linehan, Conor; Gowen, Carl (Springer International Publishing AG, 2018)

  Voice Communication (VC) is widely employed by developers as an essential component of online games. Typically, it is assumed that communications through this mechanism will be helpful and enjoyable, but existing literature ...
• MC Hammer Presents: The Hammer of Transformative Nostalgification - designing for engagement at scale 

  Linehan, Conor; Kirman, Ben (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2017-05)

  We argue that the huge success of Augmented Reality game Pokémon Go has little to do with clever design. Rather, the success is due to the nostalgic branding, with a franchise for which people already have great affection. ...

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