All Outputs (3)

The impact of algorithmic decision-making processes on young people’s well-being (2021)
Journal Article
Perez Vallejos, E., Dowthwaite, L., Creswick, H., Portillo, V., Koene, A., Jirotka, M., …McAuley, D. (2021). The impact of algorithmic decision-making processes on young people’s well-being. Health Informatics Journal, 27(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458220972750

This study aims to capture the online experiences of young people when interacting with algorithm mediated systems and their impact on their well-being. We draw on qualitative (focus groups) and quantitative (survey) data from a total of 260 young pe... Read More about The impact of algorithmic decision-making processes on young people’s well-being.

A comparison of presentation methods for conducting youth juries (2019)
Journal Article
Dowthwaite, L., Perez Vallejos, E., Koene, A., Cano, M., & Portillo, V. (2019). A comparison of presentation methods for conducting youth juries. PLoS ONE, 14(6), Article e0218770. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218770

The 5Rights Youth Juries are an educational intervention to promote digital literacy by engaging participants (i.e. jurors) in a deliberative discussion around their digital rights. The main objective of these jury-styled focus groups is to encourage... Read More about A comparison of presentation methods for conducting youth juries.

Citizen science and the professional-amateur divide: lessons from differing online practices (2019)
Journal Article
Dowthwaite, L., & Sprinks, J. (2019). Citizen science and the professional-amateur divide: lessons from differing online practices. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 18(01), Article A06. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.18010206

Online citizen science platforms increasingly provide types of infrastructural support previously only available to organisationally-based professional scientists. Other practices, such as creative arts, also exploit the freedom and accessibility aff... Read More about Citizen science and the professional-amateur divide: lessons from differing online practices.