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The importance of affective quality

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Users aren't always rational logical beings---emotion plays an often overlooked role in user acceptance of technology.

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              cover image Communications of the ACM
              Communications of the ACM  Volume 48, Issue 9
              Special issue: RFID
              September 2005
              109 pages
              ISSN:0001-0782
              EISSN:1557-7317
              DOI:10.1145/1081992
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