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Hur påverkar dark patterns användarvänligheten inom e-handel: En studie om på vilka sätt dark patterns påverkar användarvänligheten inom e-handeln
University West, School of Business, Economics and IT.
University West, School of Business, Economics and IT.
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (university diploma), 5 credits / 7,5 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
How do dark patterns affect the usability in e-commerce (English)
Abstract [en]

Dark patterns are techniques used in web design to trick the user into doing things they didn’t mean or wanted to do in the first place. In this study we investigate how dark patterns affect the usability in the e-commerce area. We do this with a qualitative study, by observing the participants when shopping and navigating on e-commerce websites. This is also followed up by an interview. We focus on which dark patterns can be identified and how these affect the user. The patterns we could find were Visual Interference, Misdirection, Activity Message, Pressured Selling, Hard to Cancel, HiddenCost, Testimonials, Low-stock messages, Countdown Timer and Forced Enrollment. Our conclusion from this study is that dark patterns partly affect the usability, but not according to the user. We could see this since they were exposed for several darkpatterns, however according to them the usability in the websites were good to excellent.

Abstract [sv]

Dark Patterns är tekniker applicerade på webbsidor vars syfte är att få användaren att göra saker som den inte var menad att göra från första början (Brignull, 2013). I den här studien undersöker vi hur dark patterns påverkar användarvänligheten inom e-handeln. Vi gör detta genom en kvalitativ undersökning i form av observation och intervju. Vi fokuserar på vilka dark patterns som går att identifiera på e-handelssidornaoch om samt på vilka sätt dessa påverkar användaren. De dark patterns vi identifierade var visual interference, misdirection, activity message, pressured selling, hard to cancel,hidden cost, testimonials, low-stock messages, countdown timer och forced enrollment.Vi kom fram till att bland deltagarna var det visual interference och misdirection som stack ut mest. Vissa dark patterns som hard to cancel och pressured selling gick obemärkt förbi deltagarna. Efter undersökningen kunde en slutsats dras att dark patterns delvis påverkar användarvänligheten inom e-handel, men inte om användaren själv får säga sitt. Detta eftersom trots att de blev utsatta för flertal dark patterns var användarupplevelsen enligt deltagarna bra till mycket bra. 

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2022. , p. 41
Keywords [en]
Dark patterns, dark design, usability, UX-design, e-commerce, online shopping
Keywords [sv]
Dark patterns, dark design, användarvänlighet, e-handel, nätshopping
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Information Systems, Social aspects
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-18948Local ID: EXB340OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-18948DiVA, id: diva2:1682644
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Available from: 2022-08-18 Created: 2022-07-11 Last updated: 2022-08-18Bibliographically approved

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