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Podcast: Peggy Smedley Show
Episode: HCI: Designing Digital Infrastructures for Democracy
Description: Peggy and Jack Carroll, professor of information sciences and technology, Pennsylvania State University, talk about the role of HCI (human computer interaction) in designing digital infrastructures for democracy. He says the early internet was bundled with aspirations about renewing or strengthening democracy and gives some specific examples. They also discuss: The era we are in now—and the new possibilities and challenges that come along with democracies via the internet. What exactly is human engagement—and if clicking on a like button is actually engagement. Why we must start thinking differently. jcarroll.ist.psu.edu <...