Sean A. Munson
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Bio Sean Munson is an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington's Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering and a member of the dub group. He studies the use of software to support positive behavior changes. His work primarily focuses on the domains of (1) political news and opinion access and (2) health and wellness.
Sean completed a BS in Engineering with a concentration in Systems Design at Olin College in 2006 and his PhD at the University of Michigan's School of Information in 2012. He has been a political blogger and, while working at Boeing, designed concepts for future passenger airplane interiors.
recent papers All
- “Encouraging Reading of Diverse Political Viewpoints with a Browser Widget,” SA Munson, SY Lee, P Resnick. ICWSM 2013.
- Exposure to Political Diversity Online (the dissertation!)
- “Exploring Goal-setting, Rewards, Self-monitoring, and Sharing to Motivate Physical Activity,” SA Munson, S Consolvo. Pervasive Health 2012.
- “The Prevalence of Political Discourse in Non-Political Blogs,” SA Munson, P Resnick. ICWSM 2011.
- “Attitudes toward Online Availability of US Public Records,” SA Munson, D Avrahami, S Consolvo, J Fogarty, B Friedman, I Smith. dg.o 2011. (Best Research Paper Award)
- “"It's not that I don't have problems, I'm just not putting them on Facebook": Challenges and Opportunities in Using Online Social Networks for Health,” MW Newman, D Lauterbach, SA Munson, P Resnick, ME Morris. CSCW 2011.
blog More
- Pervasive, Persuasive Health Challenges: Individual Differences
The role of individual differences in persuasive technology is an exciting research area, one in which I believe our community is making — or about to mak... - CHI Gamification: We should know better.
- Pervasive, Persuasive Health Challenges: Designing for Cessation of Use of the Intervention