This workshop engages participants in exploring corporate data collection, personal profiling, deceptive design, and data brokerage practices. Workshop content is contextualized with the theoretical frameworks of panoptic sort (Gandy), surveillance capitalism (Zuboff), and the four regulators (Lessig) and presented through a privacy and business ethics lens. Participants will learn how companies make money from data collection practices; explore how interface design can influence our choices and behaviors; and discuss business ethics regarding privacy and big data.
The workshop is designed for 75-minute class sessions, but can be compressed into 60-minute sessions.
Includes workshop guide, presentation slides, learning activities, and assessment instrument.
Dark Patterns: Surveillance Capitalism and Business Ethics
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[workshop guide] Dark Patterns: Surveillance Capitalism and Business Ethics[slides] Dark Patterns: Surveillance Capitalism and Business Ethics[activity] *privacy not included guide by Mozilla Foundation[activity] Quiz: Dark Patterns that Mislead Consumers are All Over the Internet by The Markup[activity] Game: Terms and Conditions[activity] How I Experience Web TodayLicense Assigned:
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Suggested attribution:
CC BY-NC-SA Hartman-Caverly, S. (2022). Dark patterns: Surveillance capitalism and business ethics. [link]