Visual models of privacy experiences on Facebook

Petelka, Justin; Snyder, Jaime

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Description

Title

Visual models of privacy experiences on Facebook

Author(s)

• Petelka, Justin
• Snyder, Jaime

Issue Date

2019-03-15

Keyword(s)

• Human-computer interaction (HCI)
• Information visualization
• Social networks
• Usable privacy
• Privacy controls

Abstract

In spite of efforts by social media designers to help users understand their privacy settings, research has shown that there is a disconnect between how users understand and make choices related to privacy and how digital infrastructures manage access to posts. Our project uses Facebook posts to investigate how people might visually represent their lived experiences of privacy concern. We utilize a participatory design method using paper tokens to help people sketch these experiences. From these preliminary sessions, our participants surfaced the costs of a lack of support for specific privacy tasks, such as coordination between friends about content visibility. Participants also suggested that visualizing their social network affords tasks beyond privacy, such as professional networking.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2019 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/103346

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21900/iconf.2019.103346

Copyright and License Information

Copyright 2019 Justin Petelka and Jaime Snyder

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