In 2008 the term "nudge" was coined for the first time. To this day, nudge is still at the center of numerous debates and various organizations apply often incorrectly its principles. This thesis provides in a unique paper the theoretical principles of nudge and digital nudging, as well as their concrete application in one of the most booming businesses of this period: online grocery. The experiment emerges from a question: "Can a social norm encourage the purchase of fruit and vegetables, more than a 20% discount?”. The experiment involved 432 participants, who underwent one of those interventions during their online shopping experience. Despite some limitations related to the nature of the experiment, the results reported that for some specific subjects, social norms are significantly effective to encourage the purchase of fruit and vegetables, compare to a 20% discount on the same products.
Nel 2008 venne coniato per la prima volta il termine "nudge. Ad oggi il nudge è ancora al centro di numerosi dibattiti e diverse aziende applicano spesso in modo errato i suoi principi. Questa tesi presenta in un unico elaborato i principi teorici del nudge e del digital nudging, oltre che a una loro concreta applicazione in uno dei business più in crescita di questo periodo: la spesa online. L'esperimento nasce da un interrogativo: "Può una norma sociale incoraggiare l'acquisto di frutta e verdura, più di uno sconto del 20%?". L'esperimento ha coinvolto 432 partecipanti, i quali sono stati sottoposti a uno dei due interventi durante la loro esperienza di shopping online. Nonostante alcuni limiti legati alla natura dell'esperimento, i risultati hanno mostrato che per alcuni soggetti, le norme sociali sono significativamente più efficaci a incentivare l'acquisto di frutta e verdura rispetto a uno sconto del 20% sugli stessi prodotti.
Application of Digital Nudging: an Experiment to Promote Healthy Food Purchase
ROSSI, DAVIDE
2019/2020
Abstract
In 2008 the term "nudge" was coined for the first time. To this day, nudge is still at the center of numerous debates and various organizations apply often incorrectly its principles. This thesis provides in a unique paper the theoretical principles of nudge and digital nudging, as well as their concrete application in one of the most booming businesses of this period: online grocery. The experiment emerges from a question: "Can a social norm encourage the purchase of fruit and vegetables, more than a 20% discount?”. The experiment involved 432 participants, who underwent one of those interventions during their online shopping experience. Despite some limitations related to the nature of the experiment, the results reported that for some specific subjects, social norms are significantly effective to encourage the purchase of fruit and vegetables, compare to a 20% discount on the same products.È consentito all'utente scaricare e condividere i documenti disponibili a testo pieno in UNITESI UNIPV nel rispetto della licenza Creative Commons del tipo CC BY NC ND.
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14239/197