Bots as Virtual Confederates: Design and Ethics

被引:15
作者
Krafft, Peter M. [1 ]
Macy, Michael [2 ]
Pentland, Alex Sandy [1 ]
机构
[1] MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[2] Cornell, Ithaca, NY USA
来源
CSCW'17: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2017 ACM CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK AND SOCIAL COMPUTING | 2017年
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
Online field experiments; bots; virtual confederates; ethics; SOCIAL-INFLUENCE; ONLINE;
D O I
10.1145/2998181.2998354
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
The use of bots as virtual confederates in online field experiments holds extreme promise as a new methodological tool in computational social science. However, this potential tool comes with inherent ethical challenges. Informed consent can be difficult to obtain in many cases, and the use of confederates necessarily implies the use of deception. In this work we outline a design space for bots as virtual confederates, and we propose a set of guidelines for meeting the status quo for ethical experimentation. We draw upon examples from prior work in the CSCW community and the broader social science literature for illustration. While a handful of prior researchers have used bots in online experimentation, our work is meant to inspire future work in this area and raise awareness of the associated ethical issues.
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页码:183 / 190
页数:8
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