Reward Mechanisms in COVID-19 Tracking Apps and Its Impact on the Voluntary Participation of the Public in Sustainable Innovation Processes

Abstract

correlation different rewards to voluntary participation. The MARS approach consists of engagement, functionality aesthetics and information quality. The protection of voluntariness is understood as the fundamental need for the ethical use of CTAs. Accordingly, patterns of voluntariness are examined in the context of legal, ethical privacy and security policies of selected CTAs. In this context, this paper will provide categories and criteria for CTA usage and its impact on citizen engagement in the Quintuple Helix collaboration process aiming to get insights into features and functionalities needed in CTAs and increased voluntary use of the public.

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“…In addition, Peschke et al (2021) discussed voluntariness of CTA deployment in different countries in their systematic review of good practices of CTAs. In their review they analyzed more than 35 CTAs worldwide (Peschke et al, 2022), but how important data protection and privacy issues are regarded by potential users is not sufficiently understood yet.…”

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“…People decide to consume a certain product based on heuristic information processing, which means that people only consider one or a few informational cues and form a judgment based on these cues 14 . In a recent study, COVID-19 tracking apps (CTAs) and health care apps of different countries were analyzed with the help of a qualitative content analysis according to their reward mechanisms based on the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) approach for assessment 15 . The analysis included a correlation of different rewards to voluntary participation.…”