Design Indirections

dc.contributor.authorPoiroux, Jérémie
dc.contributor.authorMaudet, Nolwenn
dc.contributor.authorPineau, Karl
dc.contributor.authorBrulé, Emeline
dc.contributor.authorTabard, Aurélien
dc.date45444
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-02T05:23:23Z
dc.date.available2024-08-02T05:23:23Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractDigital products and services now commonly include algorithmic personalization or recommendation features. This has raised concerns of reduced user agency and their unequal treatment. Previous research hence called for increasing the participation of, among others, designers in the development of these features. To achieve this, researchers have suggested the development of better educational material and tools to enable prototyping with data and machine learning models. However, previous studies also suggest designers may find other ways to impact the development and implementation of such features, for instance through collaboration with data scientists. We build on that line of inquiry, through 19 in-depth interviews with designers working in small to large international companies to investigate how they actually intervene in shaping products including algorithmic features. We outline how designers intervene at different levels of the algorithmic systems: at a technical level, for instance by providing better input data ; at an interface or information architecture level, sometimes circumventing algorithmic discussions ; or at a organizational level, re-centering the outcome of algorithmic systems around product-centric questions. Building upon these results, we discuss how supporting designers engagement and influence on algorithmic systems may not only be a problem of technical literacy and adequate tooling. But that it may also involve a better awareness of the power of interface work, and a stronger negotiation skills and power literacy to engage in strategic discussions.de
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10606-022-09459-y
dc.identifier.issn1573-7551
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10606-022-09459-y
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/5152
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): Vol. 33, No. 2
dc.relation.ispartofseriesComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
dc.subjectAgency
dc.subjectAlgorithmic systems
dc.subjectArtificial intelligence
dc.subjectDesign
dc.subjectInterventions
dc.subjectMachine learning
dc.subjectUser experience
dc.titleDesign Indirectionsde
dc.typeText/Journal Article
mci.reference.pages173-204

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