Citizens' Willingness to Adopt Digital Contact Tracing Applications: Findings from a mixed methods study in Norway

Context: Early 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic began to spread globally. Digital contact tracing (DCT) applications began development soon after to help mitigate the spread and contain this major crisis. In Norway, the application Smittestopp was developed to fulfill the role as a digital solution. With a poor launch and little enforcement, less than half of the population downloaded the application. This experience should be explored further by the Norwegian government, in order to ensure successful digital solutions in the future. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore Norwegians citizens’ willingness to adopt Smittestopp, and if privacy concerns and human emotions aff…