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Level Up or Game Over: Exploring How Dark Patterns Shape Mobile Games
Sam Niknejad, Thomas Mildner, Nima Zargham +2
This study explores the prevalence of dark patterns in mobile games that exploit players through temporal, monetary, social, and psychological means. Recognizing the ethical concer…
Listening to the Voices: Describing Ethical Caveats of Conversational User Interfaces According to Experts and Frequent Users
Thomas Mildner, Orla Cooney, Anna-Maria Meck +9
Advances in natural language processing and understanding have led to a rapid growth in the popularity of conversational user interfaces (CUIs). While CUIs introduce novel benefits…
Defending Against the Dark Arts: Recognising Dark Patterns in Social Media
Thomas Mildner, Merle Freye, Gian-Luca Savino +3
Interest in unethical user interfaces has grown in HCI over recent years, with researchers identifying malicious design strategies referred to as ''dark patterns''. While such stra…
About Engaging and Governing Strategies: A Thematic Analysis of Dark Patterns in Social Networking Services
Thomas Mildner, Gian-Luca Savino, Philip R. Doyle +2
Research in HCI has shown a growing interest in unethical design practices across numerous domains, often referred to as ``dark patterns''. There is, however, a gap in related lite…
Rules Of Engagement: Levelling Up To Combat Unethical CUI Design
Thomas Mildner, Philip Doyle, Gian-Luca Savino +1
While a central goal of HCI has always been to create and develop interfaces that are easy to use, a deeper focus has been set more recently on designing interfaces more ethically.…