The algorithm and the user: How can hci use lay understandings of algorithmic systems?

Michael A. DeVito; Jeffrey T. Hancock; Megan French; Judd Antin; Karrie Karahalios; Stephanie Tong; Jeremy Birnholtz; Irina Shklovski

doi:10.1145/3170427.3186320

The algorithm and the user: How can hci use lay understandings of algorithmic systems?

Michael A. DeVito, Jeffrey T. Hancock, Megan French, Judd Antin, Karrie Karahalios, Stephanie Tong, Jeremy Birnholtz, Irina Shklovski

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Abstract

In studying the increasing role that opaque, algorithmically-driven systems, such as social media feeds, play in society and people’s everyday lives, user folk theories are emerging as one powerful lens with which to examine the relationship between user and algorithmic system. Folk theories allow researchers to better see from users’ own perspectives how they understand these systems and how their understanding impacts their behavior. However, this approach is still new. Methods, interpretation, and future directions are up for debate. This panel will be an active discussion of the contribution of folk theories to HCI to date, how to advance a folk theory perspective, and how this perspective can bridge academic and industry study of these systems. Our panel gathers key folk theory HCI researchers from academia and industry to share their perspectives and engage the CHI audience.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems : Engage with CHI
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	20 Apr 2018
Article number	panel04
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450356206, 9781450356213
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3186320
Publication status	Published - 20 Apr 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2018 - Montreal, Canada Duration: 21 Apr 2018 → 26 Apr 2018

Conference

Conference	2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2018
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	21/04/2018 → 26/04/2018
Sponsor	ACM SIGCHI

Series	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Volume	2018-April

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© 2018 Copyright is held by the owner/author(s).

Keywords

Algorithm studies
Algorithms
Folk theories
Lay theories
User perception
User understanding

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DeVito, M. A., Hancock, J. T., French, M., Antin, J., Karahalios, K., Tong, S., Birnholtz, J., & Shklovski, I. (2018). The algorithm and the user: How can hci use lay understandings of algorithmic systems? In CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI Article panel04 Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3186320

The algorithm and the user: How can hci use lay understandings of algorithmic systems? / DeVito, Michael A.; Hancock, Jeffrey T.; French, Megan et al.
CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. panel04 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Vol. 2018-April).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

DeVito, MA, Hancock, JT, French, M, Antin, J, Karahalios, K, Tong, S, Birnholtz, J & Shklovski, I 2018, The algorithm and the user: How can hci use lay understandings of algorithmic systems? in CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI., panel04, Association for Computing Machinery, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, vol. 2018-April, 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2018, Montreal, Canada, 21/04/2018. https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3186320

DeVito MA, Hancock JT, French M, Antin J, Karahalios K, Tong S et al. The algorithm and the user: How can hci use lay understandings of algorithmic systems? In CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI. Association for Computing Machinery. 2018. panel04. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Vol. 2018-April). doi: 10.1145/3170427.3186320

DeVito, Michael A. ; Hancock, Jeffrey T. ; French, Megan et al. / The algorithm and the user : How can hci use lay understandings of algorithmic systems?. CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Vol. 2018-April).

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