SCRS Proceedings of International Conference of Undergraduate Students
Who is responsible for the prolonged use of dark patterns?
Authors: Deepansha Singh, Bhakti Yadav and Samyukta Singh
Publishing Date: 16-01-2023
ISBN: 978-81-95502-01-1
Abstract
With the rapid attention drawn towards the importance of trustable digital user experience and user interface (UI/ UX), there has been intensifying interest in the HCI academic research community towards interpreting the current ethical attitude in the commonly encountered designs of today. The prosaic research topics build upon practical advancements of concepts like value-sensitive design (VSD), practitioner perspective on ethics in practice, and the user/ audience opinion on what they see while working on their day-to-day tasks. However, one of the most prominent predicaments that the authors feel remain unconcluded is who is to be held accountable for the final ethical awareness among the mass public. Hence, to work around the blurring lines of culpability, the authors try to unravel the extent to which different people involved in the entire system are accountable for each reaction invoked throughout the journey, right from ideation to the end-user experience.
Keywords
UI/UX, dark patterns, responsibility, practitioner perspective, user perspective
Cite as
Deepansha Singh, Bhakti Yadav and Samyukta Singh, "Who is responsible for the prolonged use of dark patterns?", In: Prashant Singh Rana, Deepak Bhatia and Himanshu Arora (eds), SCRS Proceedings of International Conference of Undergraduate Students, SCRS, India, 2023, pp. 185-192. https://doi.org/10.52458/978-81-95502-01-1-21