Blogs
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Where is the transparency of the new ACM Violations Database?
Angelika Strohmayer Posted: Thu, September 23, 2021 - 10:28:16
After a summer of discussions and action about racism in our community in 2020 (see, e.g., [1]), the spring of 2021 raised further concerns about harassment and oppression. Long before…
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Artificial intelligence is changing the surveillance landscape
Arathi Sethumadhavan, Esra Bakkalbasioglu Posted: Wed, June 30, 2021 - 12:46:38
The following is a review of recent publications on the issue of AI and surveillance and does not reflect Microsoft's opinion on the topic.The termsurveillanceis derived fromsur, which means from…
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The labor behind the tools: Using design thinking methods to examine content moderation software
Caroline Sinders, Sana Ahmad Posted: Thu, June 24, 2021 - 10:02:38
Content moderation is widely known to be hidden from the public view, often leaving the discourse bereft of operational knowledge about social media platforms. Media and scholarly articles have shed…
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Covid-19, education, and challenges for learning-technology adoption in Pakistan
Muhammad Zahid Iqbal, Abraham Campbell Posted: Fri, February 05, 2021 - 2:14:12
Creating educational disruption everywhere, the Covid-19 pandemic has hindered the lives of students and, sadly, will probably have a lasting impact on their future academic lives. What has gone relatively…
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Technology use and vulnerability among seniors in Sweden during Covid
Linnea Öhlund Posted: Wed, January 20, 2021 - 2:20:00
From its place of origin, Wuhan, China, the coronavirus has spread worldwide and infected millions of people. Countries have adopted various strategies to curb the spread of the virus, social…
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Utopian futures for sexuality, aging, and design
Britta Schulte, Marie Søndergaard, Rens Brankaert, Kellie Morrissey Posted: Tue, January 19, 2021 - 1:35:54
This excerpt is from a letter to a future self, a story written at a workshop held at DIS 2020 [1], where participants reframed and reimagined what intimacy might mean…
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Cultivating activism with speculative design
Richmond Wong, Nick Merrill Posted: Fri, December 18, 2020 - 4:29:36
As design researchers, we love our speculative methods—methods for imagining possible futures—and opening them up to discussion and critique. But what good do they do? Designing speculative futures to discuss…
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A call for respect, inclusion, fairness, and transparency in SIGCHI
Fempower.tech Posted: Thu, December 03, 2020 - 3:59:36
We are writing this blog post as a response to the discussions about exclusion and oppression within SIGCHI that occurred on the Interactions blog in summer 2020, and a call…
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How fragmentation can undermine the public health response to Covid-19
Andrew Tzer-Yeu Chen Posted: Fri, October 30, 2020 - 5:24:04
At this point, we are all familiar with Covid-19 and its impacts on ourselves, our communities, and our world. Responses to the disease have largely been led by local, national,…
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Future directions for situationally induced impairments and disabilities research
Garreth Tigwell, Zhanna Sarsenbayeva, Benjamin Gorman, David Flatla, Jorge Goncalves, Yeliz Yesilada, Jacob Wobbrock Posted: Tue, October 06, 2020 - 1:29:59
Mobile devices are our constant companions. We use them in varied contexts and situations, such as outside on a cold street, lying down in a dark bedroom, and commuting to…
