ABSTRACT Aesthetic techniques are increasingly used by marketeers to create enticing digital products. In this paper, I work with the aesthetic experiences of one audience group to consider the psychological impact of living in a culture where digital devices are deliberately designed to influence behaviour. I argue that aesthetic encounters can help with understanding the impact of the interplay between visual stimulus, affect and digital culture, in ways that may support situated understandings of mental distress in a digital age. I show how audiences respond to the artist-led research project Are We All Addicts Now? arguing that they generate ideas connected to submersion and being overwhelmed as a means of reporting on their own personal experiences of living in a digital culture that seeks to influence behaviour. The findings may have value for designers, curators and artists invested in understanding the experiential impact of digital devices.

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数字设计和设备上的时间；审美经验如何帮助阐明数字文化中生活的心理影响

摘要营销人员越来越多地使用美学技术来创建诱人的数字产品。在本文中，我与一个听众群体的审美经验一起研究了生活在一种故意设计数字设备来影响行为的文化中的心理影响。我认为，审美接触可以帮助理解视觉刺激，情感和数字文化之间相互作用的影响，从而可能支持在数字时代对心理困扰的理解。我展示了观众对艺术家主导的研究项目“我们都上瘾了吗？”的反应。认为他们产生了与沉没相关的想法，并被淹没作为报告自己生活在试图影响行为的数字文化中的个人经历的一种手段。