Paper Info
Title
The Role Of Instructional Design In Persuasion: A Comics Approach For Improving Cybersecurity
Abstract
Although computer security technologies are the first line of defense to secure users, their success is dependent on individuals' behavior. It is therefore necessary to persuade users to practice good computer security. This interview analysis of users' conceptualization of security password guessing attacks, antivirus protection, and mobile online privacy shows that poor understanding of security threats influences users' motivation and ability to practice safe behaviors. An online interactive comic series called Secure Comics was designed and developed based on instructional design principles to address this problem. An eye-tracking experiment suggests that the graphical and interactive components of the comics direct users' attention and facilitate comprehension of the information. In the evaluations of Secure Comics, results from several user studies show that the comics improve understanding and motivate positive changes in security management behavior. The implication of the findings to better understand the role of instructional design and persuasion in education technology are discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1080/10447318.2016.1136177
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
Field
DocType
Volume
Internet privacy,Persuasion,Comics,Computer science,Computer security,Human–computer interaction,World Wide Web,Password cracking,Conceptualization,User studies,Multimedia,Instructional design,Comprehension,Security management
Journal
32
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
1044-7318
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.41
23
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Leah Zhang-Kennedy1184.34
Sonia Chiasson291958.49
Robert Biddle343126.80