Open AccessA basic model of human behavior with technologies
Author(s) -
Yan Zheng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
human behavior and emerging technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 2578-1863
DOI - 10.1002/hbe2.208
Subject(s) - computer science , cognitive science , data science , psychology
How modern humans behave with digital technologies? This is a basic science question that is both important and complex. To answer this question with a top‐down approach, this article outlines a basic model with four elements and three pathways. As demonstrated in the discussion of five theoretical and empirical research examples, the basic model offers a meta‐explanation, explaining major contributions of these studies to the current understanding of human behavior with technologies. It provides a simple yet flexible framework, integrating various theoretical and empirical works into a coherent intellectual structure with complexity and parsimony in order to develop a scientific answer to the basic question. It is included with a brief discussion of future research directions.