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A Survey of Value Sensitive Design Methods

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A Survey of Value Sensitive Design Methods
Abstract/Description
Value sensitive design is a theoretically grounded approach to the design of technology that accounts for human values in a principled and systematic manner throughout the design process. In this article we provide a survey of 14 value sensitive design methods: 1 direct and indirect stakeholder analysis; 2 value source analysis; 3 co-evolution of technology and social structure; 4 value scenario; 5 value sketch;6 value-oriented semi- structured interview; 7 scalable information dimensions; 8 value-oriented coding manual; 9 value-oriented mockup, prototype, or field deployment; 10 ethnographically informed inquiry regarding values and technology; 11 model of informed consent online; 12 value dams and flows; 13 value sensitive action-reflection model; and 14 Envisioning Cards TM. Each of these methods is honed to the investigation of values in technology, serving such purposes as stakeholder identification and legitimation, value representation and elicitation, and values analysis. While presented individually, the methods are intended to be integrated in a robust value sensitive design process. The survey article begins with a brief summary of value sensitive design methodology and theoretical constructs. We next provide an overview of the 14 methods. Then, we turn to a broader discussion of value sensitive design practice, focussing on some methodological strategies and heuristics to support skillful value sensitive design practice. Following the broad discussion of practice, we illustrate one method inaction-value scenarios-providing details on its range of purposes and contexts. We conclude with reflections on core characteristics of value sensitive design methodology, and heuristics for innovation.
Author/creator
Friedman, Batya
Hendry, David G.
Borning, Alan
Date
2017
In publication
Foundations and Trends in Human-Computer Interaction
Volume
11
Issue
2
Pages
63–125
Resource type
en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
en Published Text
Scholarship genre
en Methodological
IRE Approach/Concept
Value Sensitive Design
Open access/full-text available
en Partial
Peer reviewed
en Yes
ISSN
1551-3955
DOI
10.1561/1100000015
URL
Official Publisher's Webpage (NOW Publishers)
Citation
Friedman, B., Hendry, D. G., & Borning, A. (2017). A Survey of Value Sensitive Design Methods. Foundations and Trends in Human-Computer Interaction, 11(2), 63–125. https://doi.org/10.1561/1100000015
Cited in
The Work of Improvement
Abbreviation
Found. Trends Hum.-Comput. Interact.
Item sets
Open Access Resource (IRE)
Handbook Chapter 2 Citations

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