Abstract
âNewâ media and algorithmic rules underlying many emerging technologies present particular challenges in fieldwork, because the opacity of their design, and, sometimes, their real or perceived status as ânot quite here yetâ â makes speaking about these challenging in the field. In this article, we use insights from a three-stage citizens council investigating citizensâ views on developments in data-driven media personalisation to reflect on the potentials of using future-orientated vignettes and scenarios in data collection on user experiences, expectations and the ethics of algorithms. We present the possibilities and potentials of using vignettes as part of a data collection approach in user-centric algorithm studies which invites usersâ contextual experiences of algorithms but also enables more normative reflections on what good looks like in contemporary datafied societies.
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