Communicating "What's Not Said": Mobile Apps for Psychological Wellbeing

@article{Barry2016CommunicatingN,
  title={Communicating "What's Not Said": Mobile Apps for Psychological Wellbeing},
  author={Marguerite Barry and Kevin Doherty and Gavin Doherty},
  journal={Int. J. Sociotechnology Knowl. Dev.},
  year={2016},
  volume={8},
  pages={46-55}
}
Technologies designed to access our personal worlds have the potential to profoundly influence the way we live and to promote human flourishing. They also require an ethical approach to their design that takes human values into account. Mobile technologies for psychological wellbeing present particular challenges that require a sustainable approach to ethical reflection from early in the design process. This paper offers insights into ethical approaches to design, through projects that explore… 
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