Ethics, Lies and Videotape..

Videotape has become one of the CHI community's most useful technologies: it allows us to analyze users' interactions with computers, prototype new interfaces, and present the results of our research and technical innovations to others. But video is a double-edged sword. It is often misused, however unintentionally. How can we use it well, without compromising our integrity? This paper presents actual examples of questionable videotaping practices. Next, it explains why we cannot simply borrow ethical guidelines from other professions. It concludes with a proposal for developing usable ethical guidelines for the capture, analysis and presentation of video.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1995
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Wendy E. Mackay
• Keywords: CHI 1995, Ethical Guidelines, Human Computer Interaction, Questionable Videotaping Practices, Usable Ethical Guidelines