Research Journal
About Me
Alice Zhang
University: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Major: Computer Science
Grade Level: Sophomore
Graduation: May 2024
Email: zhan6698@umn.edu
About My Mentor
Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
Research Areas: Human-Computer Interaction and Social Computing
About My Project
Project: Our project aims to understand user preferences for setting personal content configurations. The investigation takes a user-centered approach to understand how end-users would like to manage their moderation configurations and the reasoning behind why these preferences differ. Our study uses a between-subjects design with xy Mechanical Turk workers to investigate user preferences for differing types of content moderation inferfaces including toggle buttons, sliders, and word filters.
Goals:
- Gain insights on how user preferences for specific interfaces relate to specific types of content
- Gain insights on when and how frequently users see these tools as empowering versus an additional burden