Essays about: "User Agency"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 95 essays containing the words User Agency.

  1. 16. “PS. If I go missing... i have been banned again” - A netnographic study of users’ opposition to algorithmic censorship of the female body on Instagram

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Linnea Strand; [2022]
    Keywords : Algorithms; Censorship; Technology; User Agency; Algorithmic Resistance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As algorithmically-driven content moderation has become a common feature of social media platforms to suppress communications deemed undesirable, scholars have started to examine users’ relations to algorithmic systems and problems of machine bias and governmentality. While most researchers have focused on the negative aspects of censorship, few have explored the possibilities of users to oppose algorithmic control. READ MORE

  3. 17. Moving from 2D to VR : How to transition a 2D interface into a VR environment

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Jessica Chennell; [2022]
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    Abstract : Virtual reality (VR) is a fast-growing market that an increased number of organisations are trying to enter by bringing their products into the virtual world. Although extensive research has been done on the design of VR, less research is done on how to move an existing interface into the virtual world. READ MORE

  4. 18. Reinventing The Switch : How Might We Facilitate Adapting Lighting Conditions To Users’ Needs In Homes

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Ghaith Alhalaby; [2022]
    Keywords : interaction with light; family home; machine learning; AI; ambient intelligence; user experience;

    Abstract : Light shapes the environment we live in and thereby our lives. The advancement in technology made it possible to accurately adjust different light properties. This high level of control is promising and changing at the same time. Taming this complexity and providing users with meaningful ways to interact with light is at the core of this mission. READ MORE

  5. 19. Imagining the Future of Creative AI Tools : A Cospeculative Workshop

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Emelie Eriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : n-creativity; creativity; creative ai tools; creative tools; creativity support tools; speculative design; co-speculation; co-speculative workshop; n-kreativitet; kreativitet; kreativa ai verktyg; kreativa verktyg; kreativitetsstödjande verktyg; spekulativ design; samspekulation; samspekulativ workshop;

    Abstract : Creative artificial intelligence (AI) is often explored in terms of machine intelligence on a philosophical basis. As a counter-reaction, there have been calls for user-centered creative AI. READ MORE

  6. 20. Bibliophiles : Amateur Reviews in a Media Compact Society

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Alva Svenning; [2022]
    Keywords : Literary field; Bourdieu; social media logic; user agency; Facebook groups; readers; mediatization; book industry; amateur reviews; literary critics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Bourdieu once spoke of ‘autonomy’ as a cornerstone to the making of a field, an element that demands the creation of contextually tied social values and hierarchies. Within the literary field, these hierarchical structures have been embedded for a long time, ranking cultural producers and other industry-leading agents above the social and the common; the ordinary reader. READ MORE