Human Values and the Design of Computer Technology

Edited by Batya Friedman

ISBN 10: 1575860813 / ISBN 13: 9781575860817

Editore: Stanford Univ Center for the Study, 1998

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1st edition. 334 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo __1575860813

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Titolo: Human Values and the Design of Computer ...

Casa editrice: Stanford Univ Center for the Study

Data di pubblicazione: 1998

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Brand New

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Human values - including accountability, privacy, autonomy, and respect for person - emerge from the computer systems that we build and how we choose to use them. Yet, important questions on human values and system design have remained largely unexplored. If human values are controversial, then on what basis do some values override others in the design of, for example, hardware, algorithms, and databases? Do users interact with computer systems as social actors? If so, should designers of computer persona and agents seek to build on such human tendencies, or check them? How have design decisions in hospitals, research labs, and computer corporations protected or degraded such values? This volume brings together leading researchers and system designers who take up these questions, and more.

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