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Psychological ownership of apps

Geoff Riley

17th July 2019

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This piece from the Conversation argues that tech firms such as Facebook and Uber are able to leverage commercial gains from when users build a relationship with a faceless technology such as a mobile app through psychological ownership.

We interviewed 200 app users to find out how tech firms get us to volunteer our time and money for their benefithttps://t.co/9XpGijXCKH
— The Conversation (@ConversationUK) July 15, 2019

How tech firms make us feel like we own their apps – and how that benefits them https://t.co/9XpGijXCKH
— The Conversation (@ConversationUK) July 15, 2019

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Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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