Informing a Behavior Change Communication Strategy

Behavior change following a persuasive communication.

Behavior Change without Behavior Change Communication: Nudging Handwashing among Primary School Students in Bangladesh

Behavior change communication for improving handwashing with soap can be labor and resource intensive, yet quality results are difficult to achieve. Nudges are environmental cues engaging unconscious decision-making processes to prompt behavior change. In this proof-of-concept study, we developed an inexpensive set of nudges to encourage handwashing with soap after toilet use in two primary sch...

Informing dialogue strategy through argumentation-derived evidence

In many settings, agents (whether human or artificial) engage in problem solving activities, which require them to share resources, act on each others’ behalf, communicate and coordinate individual acts, and so on. If autonomous agents are to effectively interact (or support interaction among humans) in situations such as deciding whom and how to approach the provision of a resource or the perf...

The effectiveness of mass communication to change public behavior.

This article provides an overview of the ways in which mass communication has been used -- or can be used -- to promote beneficial changes in behavior among members of populations. We use an ecological perspective to examine the ways in which mass media interventions can be used to influence public behavior both directly and indirectly. Mass media interventions that seek to influence people dir...

Pointing Behavior in Infants Reflects the Communication Partner’s Attentional and Knowledge States: A Possible Case of Spontaneous Informing

Inferring the epistemic states of others is considered to be an essential requirement for humans to communicate; however, the developmental trajectory of this ability is unclear. The aim of the current study was to determine developmental trends in this ability by using pointing behavior as a dependent measure. Infants aged 13 to 18 months (n = 32, 16 females) participated in the study. The exp...