Associate Dean, Interaction, Technology and Information, RMIT University
Dr. Dana McKay is associate dean, interaction, technology and information at RMIT's School of Computing Technologies. Dana's primary interest is in ensuring that advances in information technology make the world fairer and more equitable. To do this she focuses on how people interact with information, and how technology shapes that interaction. Recent projects include studying the role of technology in family violence (and how to prevent it), how online information affects people’s views, and how to improve browsing tools so you can finally find something good to watch on Netflix. Before completing her PhD in 2019 Dana spent 10 years working as a UX professional.
Have you heard of the open source internet? The antidote to a capitalist web already exists
Sep 19, 2024 01:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In the early days of the internet, famously, no one knew if you were a dog. The internet was a place where you could be anyone. More importantly, it was also a place where you could find anything: that rare book, or the...
Can AI talk us out of conspiracy theory rabbit holes?
Sep 14, 2024 08:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
New research published in Science shows that for some people who believe in conspiracy theories, a fact-based conversation with an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot can pull them out of the rabbit hole. Better yet, it...