Open AccessConfessions across Digital Distances
Author(s) -
SHUTT JESS
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ethnographic praxis in industry conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1559-8918
pISSN - 1559-890X
DOI - 10.1111/1559-8918.2018.01229
Subject(s) - safer , space (punctuation) , internet privacy , computer science , power (physics) , data science , human–computer interaction , computer security , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
Digital environments can expand the distances between people. While this is often challenging, it can also be leveraged to do great things. This Pecha Kucha explores how we can take this negative divide between people and flip it on its head to discover more powerful insights. By looking at a range of studies focused on sensitive subjects, we explore how technology has the power to create a safer environment for vulnerable participants. While technology is an often underutilized research tool, these technology enabled environments can lead to richer data and insights. As a result, we, as researchers, can create the space needed to share some of our most intimate stories.