Mapping of Content, Visual, and Interactive Elements of Children’s Mobile Apps with Theme About Disease
Abstract
The rise in the use of electronic devices has pushed digital media to become familiar tool in children's daily lives. The flexibility of mobile devices combined with the advantages of application features make mobile apps suitable as a media to support children's learning processes, one of which is education about disease. Disease-themed children's mobile apps are interesting to be analyzed because of the possibility of particular approaches that are taken to develop and deliver disease-themed content into digital media designed for children. An analysis was carried out on contents, visual elements, and interactive elements on 43 disease-themed children's mobile apps using qualitative exploratory approach. Textual analysis method was used with the stages that includes identification, categorization, and interpretation using a mapping model made from the results of a literature study. Of the various types, there are three most common models of disease-themed children's mobile apps; role-play game models to introduce medical practice, interactive environment models to introduce health care facilities, and narrative models to introduce disease. It is hoped the research’s results can provide insights regarding children's mobile apps with theme about disease and become a reference for researchers and developers of disease-themed children's mobile apps
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