Papers by Marguerite Barry
International journal of human-computer studies, Mar 1, 2020
Mobile technologies are valuable tools for the self-report of mental health and wellbeing. These ... more Mobile technologies are valuable tools for the self-report of mental health and wellbeing. These systems pose many unique design challenges which have received considerable attention within HCI, including the engagement of users. However, less attention has been paid to the use of personal devices in public health. Integrating self-reported data within the context of clinical care suggests the need to design interfaces to support data management, sense-making, risk-assessment, feedback and patient-provider relationships. This paper reports on a qualitative design study for the clinical interface of a mobile application for the self-report of psychological wellbeing and depression during pregnancy. We examine the design tensions which arise in managing the expectations and informational needs of pregnant women, midwives, clinical psychologists, GPs and other health professionals with respect to a broad spectrum of wellbeing. We discuss strategies for managing these tensions in the design of technologies required to balance personal information with public health.
Irish Communication Review, 2013
See Department of Enterprise press statement ‘Exploration Station a “voyage of discovery” for c... more See Department of Enterprise press statement ‘Exploration Station a “voyage of discovery” for children and young adults – Harney’, available at http://www.djei.ie/press//.htm. (Accessed June .) See Digital Hub company information ‘Exploration Station: Ireland’s national centre for science and discovery’, available at http://www.thedigitalhub.com/enterprise_research/company_directory.php?action= view&client_id=. (Accessed June .) Introduction Plans for a world-class interactive science museum in Ireland have been in circulation for many years in response to a perceived crisis in public engagement with science and poor levels of achievement and take up in science education (see Government of Ireland Task Force, ). Indeed calls for a general national science museum to house Ireland’s history of scientific development and artefacts go back even further (see Clarke, ). However, during the s a number of science interest groups formed which aimed to...
This research paper uses five case studies of recent video games to analyse the emotion of sadnes... more This research paper uses five case studies of recent video games to analyse the emotion of sadness as depicted in the narrative and design. The study uses a theoretical framework based on film theory to analyse three elements of the case studies: story, game design and gameplay mechanics. It demonstrates how the depiction of death and loss is the main element used to elicit sadness in video games. The analysis suggests that graphics are not crucial to the experience of sadness for the player. It also demonstrates the apparent lack of a requirement for interactivity during an event when the emotion of sadness is present. Lastly this paper concludes that the gameplay mechanic of choice is important to the development of interaction between the player and the emotion of sadness.
Hartmut Koenitz / Gabriele Ferri / Mads Haahr / Digdem Sezen / Tonguc Ibrahim Sezen (Eds.): Inter... more Hartmut Koenitz / Gabriele Ferri / Mads Haahr / Digdem Sezen / Tonguc Ibrahim Sezen (Eds.): Interactive Digital Narrative: History, Theory and Practice. New York: Routledge 2015 (= Routledge Studies in European Communication Research and Design 7). Pp. 286. GPB 90.00. ISBN 978-1-138-78239-6
Diegesis: Interdisziplinäres E-Journal für Erzählforschung, 2016
AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research, 2020
This article draws on the sociology of expectations to examine the construction of expectations o... more This article draws on the sociology of expectations to examine the construction of expectations of ‘ethical AI’ and considers the implications of these expectations for communication governance. We first analyse a range of public documents in the EU, the UK and Ireland to identify the key actors, mechanisms and issues which structure societal expectations around AI and an emerging discourse on ethics. We then explore expectations of AI and ethics through a survey of members of the public. We conclude that discourses of ‘ethical AI’ are generically performative, but to become more effective in practice we need to acknowledge the limitations of contemporary AI and the requirement for extensive human labour to deploy AI in specific societal contexts. An effective ethics of AI requires domain appropriate AI tools, updated professional practices, dignified places of work and robust regulatory and accountability frameworks.
Big Data & Society, 2020
This article draws on the sociology of expectations to examine the construction of expectations o... more This article draws on the sociology of expectations to examine the construction of expectations of ‘ethical AI’ and considers the implications of these expectations for communication governance. We first analyse a range of public documents to identify the key actors, mechanisms and issues which structure societal expectations around artificial intelligence (AI) and an emerging discourse on ethics. We then explore expectations of AI and ethics through a survey of members of the public. Finally, we discuss the implications of our findings for the role of AI in communication governance. We find that, despite societal expectations that we can design ethical AI, and public expectations that developers and governments should share responsibility for the outcomes of AI use, there is a significant divergence between these expectations and the ways in which AI technologies are currently used and governed in large scale communication systems. We conclude that discourses of ‘ethical AI’ are ge...
Revista Publicum, 2019
Profiling activities used to personalise user content can place online corporations in a position... more Profiling activities used to personalise user content can place online corporations in a position of significant influence over user behaviour. The ability to deliver different search engine results, news feeds, discriminatory prices, and so forth, can be exploited to grant unequal access to different kinds of content. This is likely to intensify with the Internet of Things (IoT), which will surround individuals with sensors capable of 24/7 full tracking. This content-shaping power jeopardises the neutral accessibility that a democratic internet should ensure. Indeed, both neutrality and accessibility should refer not only to the service connection but also to the content it delivers. This study examines this personalisation and filtering power in light of Privacy and Data Protection regulations to explore how privacy principles can be used to enhance IoT accessibility. It elaborates a comparative analysis of legislative sources related to public goods and interests, data flows and ...
Intelligent Systems Reference Library, 2019
This proposal outlines a plan for bridging the gap between technology experts and society in the ... more This proposal outlines a plan for bridging the gap between technology experts and society in the domain of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The proposal focuses primarily on Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology, which is a major part of AI and offers the advantage of addressing problems that non-experts can understand. More precisely, the goal is to advance knowledge at the same time as opening new communication channels between experts and society, in a way which promotes non-expert participation in the conception of NLP technology. Such interactions can happen in the context of opensource development of languages resources, i.e. software tools and datasets; existing usages in various communities show how projects which are open to everyone can greatly benefit from the free participation of enthusiastic contributors (participation is not at all limited to software development). Because NLP research is mostly experimental and relies heavily on software tools and language datasets, this project proposes to interconnect the societal issues related to AI with the NLP research resources issue.
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2019
Mobile technologies are valuable tools for the self-report of mental health and wellbeing. These ... more Mobile technologies are valuable tools for the self-report of mental health and wellbeing. These systems pose many unique design challenges which have received considerable attention within HCI, including the engagement of users. However, less attention has been paid to the use of personal devices in public health. Integrating self-reported data within the context of clinical care suggests the need to design interfaces to support data management, sense-making, risk-assessment, feedback and patient-provider relationships. This paper reports on a qualitative design study for the clinical interface of a mobile application for the self-report of psychological wellbeing and depression during pregnancy. We examine the design tensions which arise in managing the expectations and informational needs of pregnant women, midwives, clinical psychologists, GPs and other health professionals with respect to a broad spectrum of wellbeing. We discuss strategies for managing these tensions in the design of technologies required to balance personal information with public health.
International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2021
Background: Technology is increasingly being used in dementia care as a means of non-pharmacologi... more Background: Technology is increasingly being used in dementia care as a means of non-pharmacological intervention. One such technology, Virtual Reality (VR) has shown to be a promising vehicle to deliver interventions for people living with dementia. The views of people living with dementia and key stakeholders must be considered to inform future research. There is a lack consensus regarding VR design considerations for this population which makes it difficult for researchers and practitioners to develop meaningful VR spaces. Methods: This qualitative evidence synthesis (QES) protocol aims to explore key stakeholders’ experiences and perceptions of VR for older adults living with dementia. A systematic search will be conducted across six electronic databases. Forward and backward citation searching, and hand searching will identify additional articles. Two authors will independently complete title and abstract, and full text screening. Quality appraisal will be conducted using the C...
2021 IEEE 15th International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC), 2021
Domain professionals (e.g. medical professionals) find it difficult to directly interact with Lin... more Domain professionals (e.g. medical professionals) find it difficult to directly interact with Linked Data datasets in order to undertake common tasks that they typically need to do in order to explore their research hypotheses. We propose the development of a tool that integrates the common tasks involved through one user interface to support data exploration, data quality assessment and data integration. To initiate the necessary user-centered design process, we have designed an electronic storyboard to start the user requirements and user research, and evaluated this storyboard through an experiment in which four participants, identified as medical professionals in the healthcare domain, use the electronic storyboard to complete tasks regarding data exploration, data quality and data integration at the schema level. Preliminary findings indicate that the designed user interface will not be directly useful for the medical professionals but rather will be more useful for team members within the team of those medical professionals.
Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-bds-10.1177_2053951720915939 for Expectations of artificial intel... more Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-bds-10.1177_2053951720915939 for Expectations of artificial intelligence and the performativity of ethics: Implications for communication governance by Aphra Kerr, Marguerite Barry and John D Kelleher in Big Data & Society
Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Conversational User Interfaces, 2020
One smart speaker to rule them all, one sensor to find them, one device to bring them all and in ... more One smart speaker to rule them all, one sensor to find them, one device to bring them all and in the Internet of Things bind them. Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) represent an interactive phenomenon that is disrupting social interactions as we knew them. The spectrum of legal issues that arises from these user-device relationships has a wide range of impacts on society. This paper addresses seven legal issues arising from these interactions that affect Privacy and Law concerning consumer protection, profiling, liability, security, neutrality, influence and data protection. It aims to prompt an interdisciplinary discussion between Human-Computer Interaction, legal and Privacy researchers in order to address the lack of regulation around aspects of CUI and stimulate legal, policy and design confrontations. CCS CONCEPTS • Applied computing → Law; • Security and privacy → Human and societal aspects of security and privacy; • Humancentered computing → Natural language interfaces; Empirical studies in HCI .
AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research, 2020
This article draws on the sociology of expectations to examine the construction of expectations o... more This article draws on the sociology of expectations to examine the construction of expectations of ‘ethical AI’ and considers the implications of these expectations for communication governance. We first analyse a range of public documents in the EU, the UK and Ireland to identify the key actors, mechanisms and issues which structure societal expectations around AI and an emerging discourse on ethics. We then explore expectations of AI and ethics through a survey of members of the public. We conclude that discourses of ‘ethical AI’ are generically performative, but to become more effective in practice we need to acknowledge the limitations of contemporary AI and the requirement for extensive human labour to deploy AI in specific societal contexts. An effective ethics of AI requires domain appropriate AI tools, updated professional practices, dignified places of work and robust regulatory and accountability frameworks.
Big Data & Society, 2020
This article draws on the sociology of expectations to examine the construction of expectations o... more This article draws on the sociology of expectations to examine the construction of expectations of ‘ethical AI’ and considers the implications of these expectations for communication governance. We first analyse a range of public documents to identify the key actors, mechanisms and issues which structure societal expectations around artificial intelligence (AI) and an emerging discourse on ethics. We then explore expectations of AI and ethics through a survey of members of the public. Finally, we discuss the implications of our findings for the role of AI in communication governance. We find that, despite societal expectations that we can design ethical AI, and public expectations that developers and governments should share responsibility for the outcomes of AI use, there is a significant divergence between these expectations and the ways in which AI technologies are currently used and governed in large scale communication systems. We conclude that discourses of ‘ethical AI’ are ge...
Revista Publicum, 2019
Profiling activities used to personalise user content can place online corporations in a position... more Profiling activities used to personalise user content can place online corporations in a position of significant influence over user behaviour. The ability to deliver different search engine results, news feeds, discriminatory prices, and so forth, can be exploited to grant unequal access to different kinds of content. This is likely to intensify with the Internet of Things (IoT), which will surround individuals with sensors capable of 24/7 full tracking. This content-shaping power jeopardises the neutral accessibility that a democratic internet should ensure. Indeed, both neutrality and accessibility should refer not only to the service connection but also to the content it delivers. This study examines this personalisation and filtering power in light of Privacy and Data Protection regulations to explore how privacy principles can be used to enhance IoT accessibility. It elaborates a comparative analysis of legislative sources related to public goods and interests, data flows and ...
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2019
Mobile technologies are valuable tools for the self-report of mental health and wellbeing. These ... more Mobile technologies are valuable tools for the self-report of mental health and wellbeing. These systems pose many unique design challenges which have received considerable attention within HCI, including the engagement of users. However, less attention has been paid to the use of personal devices in public health. Integrating self-reported data within the context of clinical care suggests the need to design interfaces to support data management, sense-making, risk-assessment, feedback and patient-provider relationships. This paper reports on a qualitative design study for the clinical interface of a mobile application for the self-report of psychological wellbeing and depression during pregnancy. We examine the design tensions which arise in managing the expectations and informational needs of pregnant women, midwives, clinical psychologists, GPs and other health professionals with respect to a broad spectrum of wellbeing. We discuss strategies for managing these tensions in the design of technologies required to balance personal information with public health.
JMIR Mental Health, 2018
Background Maternal mental health impacts both parental well-being and childhood development. In ... more Background Maternal mental health impacts both parental well-being and childhood development. In the United Kingdom, 15% of women are affected by depression during pregnancy or within 1 year of giving birth. Suicide is a leading cause of perinatal maternal mortality, and it is estimated that >50% of perinatal depression cases go undiagnosed. Mobile technologies are potentially valuable tools for the early recognition of depressive symptoms, but complex design challenges must be addressed to enable their use in public health screening. Objective The aim of this study was to explore the issues and challenges surrounding the use of mobile phones for the self-report of psychological well-being during pregnancy. Methods This paper presents design research carried out as part of the development of BrightSelf, a mobile app for the self-report of psychological well-being during pregnancy. Design sessions were carried out with 38 participants, including pregnant women, mothers, midwives, ...
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Papers by Marguerite Barry