Presentation
The Wearer, the Device, and Its Use: Advances in Understanding the Social Acceptability of Wearables
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Disciplines
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Link to Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1541931218621237
Publication Date
9-1-2018
DOI
10.1177%2F1541931218621237
Conference Title
2018 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society International Annual Meeting
Conference Date
October 1-5, 2018
Geolocation
(39.9525839, -75.16522150000003)
Abstract
The WEAR Scale was used to collect data on the social acceptability of three wearable devices from 1,387 participants from the US Midwest and Silicon Valley. The most notable result was that a head-worn “medical device” was rated as more socially acceptable (d=0.78) than the same device described as a “brain fitness tool,” which was the opposite of what was hypothesized. Also, as hypothesized, Silicon Valley participants found the wearables more socially acceptable than Midwestern U.S. participants. The Scale and these results enable industry to better predict the human factors affecting social acceptability of wearables throughout development and before market release.
Copyright Owner
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Copyright Date
2018
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Norene Kelly and Stephen B. Gilbert. "The Wearer, the Device, and Its Use: Advances in Understanding the Social Acceptability of Wearables" Philadelphia, PAProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting Vol. 62 Iss. 1 (2018) p. 1027 - 1031 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/stephen_b_gilbert/73/
This is a manuscript of a proceeding published as Kelly, Norene, and Stephen B. Gilbert. "The Wearer, the Device, and Its Use: Advances in Understanding the Social Acceptability of Wearables." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, vol. 62, no. 1 (2018): 1027-1031. DOI: 10.1177%2F1541931218621237. Posted with permission.