Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal
Category
Communication & Technology Studies > Digital Persuasion & Interaction > Kairos and Persuasive Technologies
Received
October 2, 2023
Accepted
May 21, 2024
Published
July 1, 2024
Copyright
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Data Availability Statement
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Conflicts of Interest
The author declares that no conflicts of interest exist.
Ethical Considerations
This research project did not involve human or animal subjects. No institutional review board (IRB) or Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approval was required for the scope of this research.
Funding
This research was made possible with funding from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) 2023.
Abstract
This paper advances to understand kairos in the contemporary context and its relation to emerging persuasive technologies. The ubiquitous and omnipresent nature of digital technologies prompts a deeper understanding of the possible implications of these technologies and the meaning which emerges from human- computer interactions. A substantial literature review was conducted on kairos, captology, and related subterms to understand and interpret the proximal relationships of these concepts. Additionally, a discussion is offered, and a direction for future works is presented. This paper moves to suggest that kairos plays a substantive role in persuasive technologies and human computer interactions by presenting opportunities of engagement which afford further persuasive interactions that lend to meaning-making opportunities. Human agency is suggested to play an equally important role in how persuasive technologies may engage people and successfully influence intended outcomes. Additionally, this work suggests that a possible emergent kairos phenomenon (referred to as Kairotic Entanglement) may offer meaningful implications for future work pertaining to kairos. A greater emphasis on design ethics and data privacy is required in relation to persuasive technologies.
Keywords
Kairos, Captology, Persuasion, Entanglement, Rhetoric, Artificial Intelligence
Submission Type
Primary review article
Recommended Citation
Moore, Jonathan. (2023) Kairotic Entanglement: Kairos, Artificial Intelligence, Persuasion, and the Search for Meaning – A Literature Review Spectra Undergraduate Research Journal, 3(2), 21-33. https://doi.org/10.9741/2766-7227.1030
