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A Comparative Study of How People With and Without ADHD Recognise and Avoid Dark Patterns on Social Media
Thomas Mildner, Daniel Fidel, Evropi Stefanidi +3
Dark patterns are deceptive strategies that recent work in human-computer interaction (HCI) has captured throughout digital domains, including social networking sites (SNSs). While…
Personas Evolved: Designing Ethical LLM-Based Conversational Agent Personalities
Smit Desai, Mateusz Dubiel, Nima Zargham +2
The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) has revolutionized Conversational User Interfaces (CUIs), enabling more dynamic, context-aware, and human-like interactions across div…
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…
Designing AI Personalities: Enhancing Human-Agent Interaction Through Thoughtful Persona Design
Nima Zargham, Mateusz Dubiel, Smit Desai +2
In the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence (AI) agents, designing the agent's characteristics is crucial for shaping user experience. This workshop aims to establish…
Hell is Paved with Good Intentions: The Intricate Relationship Between Cognitive Biases and Dark Patterns
Thomas Mildner, Albert Inkoom, Rainer Malaka +1
Throughout the past decade, research in HCI has identified numerous instances of dark patterns in digital interfaces. These efforts have led to a well-fostered typology describing…
Finding a Way Through the Social Media Labyrinth: Guiding Design Through User Expectations
Thomas Mildner, Gian-Luca Savino, Susanne Putze +1
Social networking services (SNS) have become integral to modern life to create and maintain meaningful relationships. Nevertheless, their historic growth of features has led to lab…
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…
An Ontology of Dark Patterns Knowledge: Foundations, Definitions, and a Pathway for Shared Knowledge-Building
Colin M. Gray, Cristiana Santos, Nataliia Bielova +1
Deceptive and coercive design practices are increasingly used by companies to extract profit, harvest data, and limit consumer choice. Dark patterns represent the most common conte…
Getting Trapped in Amazon's "Iliad Flow": A Foundation for the Temporal Analysis of Dark Patterns
Colin M. Gray, Thomas Mildner, Ritika Gairola
Dark patterns are ubiquitous in digital systems, impacting users throughout their journeys on many popular apps and websites. While substantial efforts from the research community…
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.…
Ethical User Interfaces: Exploring the Effects of Dark Patterns on Facebook
Thomas Mildner, Gian-Luca Savino
Many researchers have been concerned with whether social media has a negative impact on the well-being of their audience. With the popularity of social networking sites (SNS) stead…
How Social Are Social Media The Dark Patterns In Facebook's Interface
Thomas Mildner, Gian-Luca Savino
Many researchers have been concerned with social media and possible negative impacts on the well-being of their audience. With the popularity of social networking sites (SNS) stead…