Benjamin V. Hanrahan

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Digital Storytelling for Developing Computer Skills in Rural Appalachia

As we built and deployed a digital storytelling system to teach digital literacy skills to rural Appalachians, we discovered key opportunities and challenges to promoting digital literacy in this region. We identified that the importance of storytelling in Appalachian culture made digital storytelling an effective mea…

CSCW '22CorrespondingCommunity-Driven & Value-Sensitive Design; Community-Driven & Value-Sensitive Design

Designing for Shared Values: Exploring Ethical Dilemmas of Conducting Values Inclusive Design Research

Recent prevalence of values-inclusive design research introduces the potential of conducting research with those whose values conflict with researchers' own values. This is the scenario we have found ourselves in as we conduct values-inclusive participatory design to develop and deploy critical digital literacy educat…

CSCW '201st AuthorPhysical Interaction & Robots

Agency and Extraction in Emerging Industrial Drone Applications: Imaginaries of Rwandan Farm Workers and Community Members

Rapidly diffusing 'industry 4.0' technologies stand to impact a broad range of stakeholders. Prior to implementation, forward looking formative analyses can identify systems and policy designs to promote equitable benefit. We investigate this potential through an analysis of stakeholders to a potential drone implement…

CSCW '20CorrespondingWork: Companies, P2P, and Freelancing

Unpacking Sharing in the Peer-to-Peer Economy: The Impact of Shared Needs and Backgrounds on Ride-Sharing

In recent years, the peer-to-peer economy has grown exponentially, particularly in the ride-sharing sector. This growth has been accompanied by a muddying between the sharing and gig economy, and it has become unclear when an activity is sharing a resource vs. providing a service. To unpack this difference, we studied…

CHI '19CorrespondingRidesharing Platforms

Navigating Ride-Sharing Regulations: How Regulations Changed the 'Gig' of Ride-Sharing for Drivers in Taiwan

Ride-sharing platforms have rapidly spread and disrupted ride hailing markets, resulting in conflicts between ride-sharing and taxi drivers. Taxi drivers claim that their counterparts have unfair advantages in terms of lower prices and a more stable customer base, making it difficult to earn a living. Local government…

CHI '18CorrespondingAI Ethics, Fairness & Accountability +1

Using Stakeholder Theory to Examine Drivers' Stake in Uber

Uber is a ride-sharing platform that is part of the `gig-economy,' where the platform supports and coordinates a labor market in which there are a large number of ephemeral, piecemeal jobs. Despite numerous efforts to understand the impacts of these platforms and their algorithms on Uber drivers, how to better se…

CSCW '182nd AuthorDisability and Accessibility

I Didn’t Know that You Knew I Knew: Collaborative Shopping Practices between People with Visual Impairment and People with Vision

It is important to support independent living for people with visual impairments (PVI). Part of this can be accomplished with individual assistive technologies. However, in this paper we emphasize the social and collaborative needs for PVI to fully integrate into society as equals. The study assesses how PVI collabora…

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