Ethical Questions for Producing Pervasive Media
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Pervasive media raises issues around privacy, data collection, and consent. There is a need to thoughtfully consider how data is used and shared, when anonymity is important, and how to design applications that allow users control over what information they share. Ethical design of pervasive media should address questions around how and what data is collected, stored, accessed, valued, and mined.
Ethical Questions for Producing Pervasive Media
- 1. Pervasive/Invasive ā¢āÆ Pervasive media may afford an intensification of surveillance, data mining, and loss of privacy, and this is certainly the perception amongst many potential designers and users. āāÆ what are the issues? āāÆ what is ethical design in pervasive media?
- 2. "There is a need to engage with current debates around pervasive media in order that we don't stumble into the future with our eyes shut, but are more aware of the possible futures; develop the right concepts, laws, and societal valuesā Nello Cristianini
- 3. What are the issues? ā¢āÆ What data is being collected/collated and commercially exploited by the applications we use?
- 4. What are the issues? ā¢āÆ What data is being collected/collated and commercially exploited by the applications we use? ā¢āÆ When does anonymity matter?
- 5. What are the issues? ā¢āÆ What data is being collected/collated and commercially exploited by the applications we use? ā¢āÆ When does anonymity matter? ā¢āÆ Is it possible to design an application so that people are able to choose which information they share?
- 6. What are the issues? ā¢āÆ What data is being collected/collated and commercially exploited by the applications we use? ā¢āÆ When does anonymity matter? ā¢āÆ Is it possible to design an application so that people are able to choose which information they share? ā¢āÆ What levels of user consent are needed?
- 7. What is ethical design in pervasive media? āāÆhidden secrets ā¢āÆ serendipitous or planned interaction? āāÆwho initiates the interaction? āāÆbluetooth scanning āāÆopt-in/opt-out? āāÆmade available only to people who visit a particular space?
- 8. What is ethical design in pervasive media? āāÆare you creating a social network? ā¢āÆ can people use fake id? ā¢āÆ are multiple identities allowed? ā¢āÆ prizes ā rewards ā top scorer ā leader board
- 9. What is ethical design in pervasive media? āāÆ is permanent data collection necessary and/or planned? ā¢āÆ storage of the data āāÆ where? āāÆ who has access?
- 10. What is ethical design in pervasive media? āāÆ is permanent data collection necessary and/or planned? ā¢āÆ storage of the data āāÆ where? āāÆ who has access? ā¢āÆ what is the value of the data? āāÆ economic āāÆ social āāÆ personal
- 11. What is ethical design in pervasive media? āāÆ is permanent data collection necessary and/or planned? ā¢āÆ storage of the data āāÆ where? āāÆ who has access? ā¢āÆ what is the value of the data? āāÆ economic āāÆ social āāÆ personal ā¢āÆ do you allow mining of that data?