Ethical Dimensions of Visualization Research
Human-Computer Interaction
2021-04-07 v2 Computers and Society
Abstract
Visualizations have a potentially enormous influence on how data are used to make decisions across all areas of human endeavor. However, it is not clear how this power connects to ethical duties: what obligations do we have when it comes to visualizations and visual analytics systems, beyond our duties as scientists and engineers? Drawing on historical and contemporary examples, I address the moral components of the design and use of visualizations, identify some ongoing areas of visualization research with ethical dilemmas, and propose a set of additional moral obligations that we have as designers, builders, and researchers of visualizations.
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@article{arxiv.1811.07271,
title = {Ethical Dimensions of Visualization Research},
author = {Michael Correll},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.07271},
year = {2021}
}