HCI as social policy: Perspectives on digital rights in ethical design

Rafael A. Calvo; Julian Huppert; Dorian Peters; Gerard Goggin

doi:10.1145/3292147.3292162

HCI as social policy: Perspectives on digital rights in ethical design

Rafael A. Calvo, Julian Huppert, Dorian Peters, Gerard Goggin

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Abstract

By mediating activity, technology can empower or limit people's lives. This raises a number of ethical challenges for technology designers since their work directly touches on what people consider their 'rights' and their needs for a good life. In this article, we summarise a number of philosophical perspectives that stand to inform our understanding of design for digital rights. These foreground discussion of the Digital Rights in Australia Report, a study of Australians' views (N=1603) on a number of critical rights including privacy, free speech, workplace technologies and government surveillance. The data is analysed from a rights perspective, considering and moving beyond classic negative and positive rights accounts. We conclude with a discussion of how such studies could inform HCI research and practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2018
Editors	Ann Morrison, George Buchanan, Jenny Waycott, Mark Billinghurst, Duncan Stevenson, J.H.-J. Choi, Mark Billinghurst, Ryan Kelly, Dana McKay, Artur Lugmayr
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	74-82
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450361880
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3292147.3292162
Publication status	Published - 4 Dec 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, OzCHI 2018 - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 2018 → 7 Dec 2018

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference	30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, OzCHI 2018
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	4/12/18 → 7/12/18

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© 2018 Copyright is held by the owner/author(s). Publication rights licensed to ACM.

Keywords

Digital Rights
Ethical design
Ethics
Philosophy
Privacy
Surveillance

UN SDGs

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Calvo, R. A., Huppert, J., Peters, D., & Goggin, G. (2018). HCI as social policy: Perspectives on digital rights in ethical design. In A. Morrison, G. Buchanan, J. Waycott, M. Billinghurst, D. Stevenson, JH.-J. Choi, M. Billinghurst, R. Kelly, D. McKay, & A. Lugmayr (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2018 (pp. 74-82). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3292147.3292162

Calvo, Rafael A. ; Huppert, Julian ; Peters, Dorian et al. / HCI as social policy : Perspectives on digital rights in ethical design. Proceedings of the 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2018. editor / Ann Morrison ; George Buchanan ; Jenny Waycott ; Mark Billinghurst ; Duncan Stevenson ; J.H.-J. Choi ; Mark Billinghurst ; Ryan Kelly ; Dana McKay ; Artur Lugmayr. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. pp. 74-82 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Calvo, RA, Huppert, J, Peters, D & Goggin, G 2018, HCI as social policy: Perspectives on digital rights in ethical design. in A Morrison, G Buchanan, J Waycott, M Billinghurst, D Stevenson, JH-J Choi, M Billinghurst, R Kelly, D McKay & A Lugmayr (eds), Proceedings of the 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2018. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 74-82, 30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, OzCHI 2018, Melbourne, Australia, 4/12/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3292147.3292162

HCI as social policy: Perspectives on digital rights in ethical design. / Calvo, Rafael A.; Huppert, Julian; Peters, Dorian et al.
Proceedings of the 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2018. ed. / Ann Morrison; George Buchanan; Jenny Waycott; Mark Billinghurst; Duncan Stevenson; J.H.-J. Choi; Mark Billinghurst; Ryan Kelly; Dana McKay; Artur Lugmayr. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. p. 74-82 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review

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Calvo RA, Huppert J, Peters D, Goggin G. HCI as social policy: Perspectives on digital rights in ethical design. In Morrison A, Buchanan G, Waycott J, Billinghurst M, Stevenson D, Choi JHJ, Billinghurst M, Kelly R, McKay D, Lugmayr A, editors, Proceedings of the 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2018. Association for Computing Machinery. 2018. p. 74-82. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: 10.1145/3292147.3292162

HCI as social policy: Perspectives on digital rights in ethical design

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