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As a community, we must educate ourselves aboutpotential
misuse and encourage responsible behavior. We must
alsounderstand who we are trying to protect and the trade-
offs in protecting one groupversus another. We need
comprehensive guidelines to help members of the
HCIcommunity make ethical decisions.
The next section challenges the perception that videocan be
treated as an objective record of events and then presents
examplesof questionable videotaping practices. I also
discuss why the advent ofdigital video increases the
potential for misuse. The subsequent section frames the
discussion within amore general ethical framework. I
briefly review the perspectives of otherprofessional groups,
particularly with respect to their use of video. Thelast
section presents preliminary suggestions for handling video
and proposes a strategy for developing moredetailed
guidelines for the HCI community.
Researchers often treat videotaped records of
human behavior as objective scientific data: they can be
viewed repeatedly,individual events can be counted and
findings can be verified independently by other researchers.
Unfortunately, the appearance of objectivity is just that: an
appearance. Someone must choose a locationand field of
view for the camera, which must include some and exclude
otherinformation. The choice of when to press the "record"
button also includes and excludes information. More subtly,
the context shared by the participants of thevideotape may
be difficult or impossible to capture and present
to subsequent viewers.
The shared context can occur at various levels.
Forexample, Clark & Schaefer (1989) examined
conversations between people. Ifone person is explaining
something, she looks to the other person forsigns, such as a
nod or "uh huh" that he has understood sufficiently well for
her tocontinue. She may not speak clearly but will continue
if she is convinced that he is followingher. Is she
misspeaks, she may see him look puzzled and then
smile,indicating that he has understood and she should
continue. A camera shot ofher face as she speaks will
capture the exact words she spoke but not the shared
understanding that evolved. Thevideo records only the fact
that she misspoke. Later, it could be usedto "prove" that it
was what she "really" meant.
Another problem arises when video captures conversations
between peoplewith shared prior experience, who speak in
short-hand. In a live setting,an observer might be puzzled
by what is meant or ask for clarification.With a video
record, the same observer could view it repeatedly, develop
a theory about the meaning and becomeconvinced she
understands, even if the participants meant somethingelse.
People are used to being able to speak informally in daily
conversation.Since both speakers and listeners know their
memories can be unreliable,misunderstandings are usually
cleared up through further discussion. When casual
conversations are recorded, the ways of resolving
misunderstandings changes. Suddenly, the speaker canno
longer say "I didn't say that"; the videotapedrecord
becomes an independent arbiter of what was said. But what
was said is not the same as what was meant. Since
peoplecan change their minds over the course of a
conversation, statements thatseem to establish what the
speaker 'really' meant distort the ongoing process of
conversation.
Most people (except for politicians ) feel uncomfortable
being recorded and change their usual behavior; theyare
not used to speaking "for the record". If electronic mail is
notorious for generating misunderstandings due to informal
writing, recorded casual speech is worse. Even speaking
carefully can be dangerous, since viewers may interpret it as
evidence of 'something to hide'. Broadcast media are
thus subject to greater restrictions than print media. For
example, "Recognizingthe particular power of radio and
television to influence public opinion, federal legislation
was passedlimiting the involvement of broadcasters in
political camps." (Hall,1978)
Recording video is only part of the problem. The audience
and context in which the video is presented may alsoaffect
what is understood. For example, imagine recording a
researcher'sdiscussion of a new software interface that
'increases productivity'. Thisvideo, shown to employees
who interpret "productivity" as a euphemism for layoffs,
suddenly has a very different impact. Theinfamous "sound
bite", in which a short clip is selected to represent a longer
event, maydistort the original message or make rare events
appear representative. "TV news often avoids coverage of
the story that doesn't have anything visual and too often
makes editorial decisions based on the availability
of pictures rather than true news value." (Hall, 1978, p.17)
These examples demonstrate the importance of context and
how easily videocan be misinterpreted, intentionally or not.
Unfortunately, even people whorecognize that a videotape
is not an objective record find it easy to slipinto thinking
that it is somehow real. Video is powerful; care is required
both in its production and its interpretation. The use of
video raises ethical questions: we can look tothe literature
in ethical theory for help addressing them.
The ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct,revised
in 1992, is generally considered to be the most complete.
Andersonet al. (1992) state that the new ACM code
"recognized the difficulty that ACM and other societies
have in implementing an ethics reviewsystem and came to
realize that self-regulation depends mostly on theconsensus
and commitment of its members to ethical behavior". Like
Luegenbiehl (1992), they argue that the most important
function of a code of ethics is its role as an aid to
individualdecision-making. They illustrate ethical issues
with nine cases that callfor individuals to make ethical
decisions. Each case has an individualscenario illustrating a
typical decision point that relates to sections of the code.
Bok (1982) reported that over 12,000 distinct ethics
courses, includinglaw, medicine, business, engineering,
liberal arts, research sciences,religion and philosophy, were
taught in American academic institutions.Discussing case
studies in the class room has been shown to be an effective
teaching approach (Dunfee, 1986) and theSIGCAS
newsletter regularly presents suchethical case studies
fordiscussion (e.g., Gotterbarn, 1993). Rather than argue
about the merits of different ethical philosophies, I have
chosen to follow thisstrategy, presenting scenarios based on
real events and proposingguidelines related to the capture,
production and presentation of video.
Candid Camera?
Linda is preparing her CHI'95 presentation and wants to
give an entertaining talk. She looks through her videotapes
of user sessions and finds several funny clipsof users doing
unexpected things. At the talk, she makes a joke and
showsthe clip; the audience laughs.
Is Linda guilty of perpetuating a "candid camera" approach,
in which research videos become transformed into a form
ofentertainment at the expense of users? Is this an
appropriate activity forprofessionals who purport to
support users? On the other hand, does this mean that we
can't have entertaining CHI talks or videos?
Lack of permission?
Jane is a trained anthropologist who has just conducted a
study of workpractices within a corporation. She and her
colleagues have videotaped anumber of meetings in which
sensitive issues, such as determining whoshould be laid off,
have been discussed.The participants are very sensitive
about being videotaped and haverequested that the
videotape not be shown to anyone else in the
company.Later that year, Jane presents her work to at a
workshop at a CHIconference and includes several clips of
video taken from her research.
Is this a violation of her agreement with theparticipants in
her study? Is there a way in which she can disguise
thevideo to prevent any possible feedback from the
research audience to thecompany?
Is the reviewer responsible?
Ralph is reviewing presentations for a workshop he is
running. Several ofthe participants propose to show video
of users involved in their work. Hedecides that it is the
responsibility of the authors to obtain theappropriate
permissions and does not ask whether the authors have
permission to present the tapes inthis forum.
What is the reviewer's role? Should he remind theauthors
of their obligations? Should he go further and request
evidence ofhaving obtained appropriate permissions?
Under what circumstances should hereject a submission?
Wrong audience?
Fred is developing a technique forcombining real data with
video simulations to provide training for pilots.He takes
data from the flight recorders of planes that have crashed
andrecreates the situation, including external weather
conditions and instrumentreadings. He plays one of his
recreated videos to human factors colleagues,who suddenly
find themselves listening to the voice of a real pilot
saying:"Oh my God!" followed by a scream and a crash.
The audience is stunned. Suddenly the very
personalexperience of another human being's death was
being presented to them,without warning, as a part of a
training exercise.
Was it appropriate to show a sensitive video designedfor
one audience to another? Was this a violation of the dead
pilot'sprivacy? Could he have presented his work to this
audience without usingthe real tape?
Undue influence?
Harry conducts usability studies of new software products
for hiscorporation. He videotapes each usability session
and carefully analyzeswhat causes the user's problems and
where they make errors. He thendiscusses the issues with
the software developers. Harry is particularly annoyed by
one feature and wants to convince thesoftware developer
that it should be changed in a particular way. He shows a
video clip of oneof the users struggling with the feature as
proof that his way is better.He does not show other clips in
which users do not experience problems withthe feature.
Is Harry taking advantage of people's willingness to think
that video is anobjective record in order to win an
argument? Could Harry provide a morebalanced view by
presenting an overview of the relevant anecdotes?
Whatwould such an overview consist of?
Inappropriate special effects?
John is preparing a video of his newsoftware system for the
CHI'95 conference. He carefully records whathappens on
the screen and then edits out a number of "boring" sections
in which the system responds especially slowly. He adds a
cut toa separate system, which will eventually be integrated
with his, to showwhat would happen if they were
connected.
Under what circumstances is it reasonable to make asystem
appear faster or more complete than it is? Would a
disclaimer,describing the level of editing, be sufficient?
Inappropriate reuse?
Mary is the product manager in charge of a new product
being exhibited forthe first time at CHI'95. She is proud of
their usability lab and showsvideotapes of some of the user
studies to illustrate how well the interfaceworks. When
asked if she had obtained permission from the subjects of
the video, she is surprised and saysit had not occurred to
her to do so. She believes she is safe, legally,since the
people in the tape were company employees.
Even if she is not legally liable, does Mary have a
responsibility to ask permission from the subjects? When is
it appropriate to ask permission? Prior to recording, after
the subject has seen the video, or just before each event in
which the video will be shown. Is it possible for the subject
to really understand what the implications of giving
permission are?
Recording without permission?
The XYZ research laboratory allowspeople in the lab to
communicate with each other via live video connections.
Privacy issues have been carefully considered and there are
a variety of ways for peopleto select how others may
connect to their cameras. A separate program
takes snapshots every few minutes from the media space
and displays them in awindow. One day, one of the
participants in the media space walks into a room where a
group of her colleagues is laughing at something. She
discovers it's a picture of her,with someone giving her a
kiss on the cheek (actually, her husband). Sinceit is
impossible to see who the person is, the group laughingly
teases her about who it might be.
What is the difference between a temporary record,
inwhich a recently-shot image is displayed, and a more
permanent record? Is it acceptable to select segments from
an on-going stream of activity and highlight them?
Computing on video
All the previous examples have actuallyoccurred, based on
today's technology. We face a potentially much
biggerproblem with the advent of digital video. At
SIGGRAPH '93, a panel of special effects experts showed
a"behind the scenes" look at Jurassic Park, in which a stunt
woman's image is changed to become that of the main
actress. We fully expect special effects in science fiction
movies and are amazed by the skill at which dinosaurs can
be madeto look real. What is less obvious is that special
effects are used in most Hollywood movies to create images
of reality. These techniques can be used to distort whatwe
see.
Employers already monitor workers through
computers. Pillar (1993) surveyed over 300 CEOs and MIS
directors and found that 22% searched electronic mail,
voice mail,computer files and other networking
communications of their employees. Lyon(1994) discusses
the role of electronic surveillance in society. Video
isincreasingly part of that electronic surveillance. For
example, Great Britain has a new system that
automaticallyreads the number plates (license plates) of a
speeding car and displays the number, together with the
excess speed, on a roadside display. The aim at present is to
shame the offender, but the next step may be to link the
system to a police database. In the past, people had to watch
video from electronic surveillance cameras. Now,
computers can watch for us.
The above list is not exhaustive, but illustrates problems of
varying levels of severity. In most of these examples, the
individuals are well-intentioned. In fact, some members of
the HCI community will find nothing wrong with some of
these scenarios. But this makes the issue problematic: we
need to raise the level of awareness and try to establish
guidelines that we can agree upon.
Medicine
Physicians have a long history ofdealing with ethical
issues. The Hippocratic oath urges physicians to"do no
harm", i.e. to protect the patient. Key issues include who
should choose apatient's treatment planand how can
patients without medical training evaluate risks or
giveinformed consent about procedures. Doctors must
present the options andsupply all "material" information to
the patient, but not necessarilyprovide full disclosure.
Macklin (1987, p.45) describes the evolution of biomedical
codes from the professionalcommunity standard, which
asks "what reasonable medical practitioners insimilar
situations would tell their patients" to the current
reasonablepatient standard: "what the reasonable patient
would want to know before giving consent to a
recommended therapy."Studies show that poor
communication and lack of information make patientsmore
likely to refuse a particular treatment. This standard has
helpeddoctors develop better relationships with their
patients, with the accompanying danger that better
relationshipsmake it easier to obtain consent. Shannon
(1976) and Beauchamp & Childress(1983) provide
different views on biomedical ethics. Collste
(1992)explores the question of whether computers,
particularly expert systems, cause new moral problems.
Social Sciences
Experimental Psychologists who perform experiments with
people are expectedto follow guidelines established by the
American Psychological Association(1991) or the relevant
organization in other countries. Individualuniversities and
organizations often publish guidelines, e.g., Queen's
University (1989) or UCLA (1987).Most universities also
have a committee that reviews research proposals
andapproves the procedures, e.g., the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology Human Subjects Review
Committee.
Subjects in Psychology experiments must sign a
consentform that describes how any data collected about
the subject will be used.After the experiment is completed,
the experimenter is expected to"debrief" the subject and
explain what occurred. Most guidelines are designed
toprotect the subject from harm. The APA guidelines were
influenced by afamous set of experiments by Milgram
(1965). Subjects were told toadminister electric shocks to
people (actually confederates of the experimenter) if they
missedquestions on a learning test. Milgram found that
subjects followed theseorders, even to the extent of
believing they had killed the personreceiving the shocks.
Understandably, the subjects were traumatized by this
experience.
Anthropologists and Sociologists work with people infield
rather than laboratory settings. Videotape is increasingly
used torecord people's activities in the context of their daily
lives. Bothprofessions have also established ethical
guidelines for the protection of their subjects.Critical issues
include the problems of how to handle data collected in
thefield and how to handle naive informants who may not
be able to give trueinformed consent.
Journalism
Hulteng (1985) describes the chief function of journalism
as "thecommunication to the public of a reasonably
accurate and complete pictureof the world around us [...]
The central ruling ethic of journalism [is] toreport the news
of the world dependablyand honestly." (pp. 170-171)
Broadcast journalists are thus ethically beholden to their
audiences: they "protect" their viewers by presenting
an"objective" account of an event. It is ethical to show a
person negatively,as long as it is a "truthful" view.
However, Hall (1978) explains that the FCC requires
journalists to "contact the person attacked, provide a
transcript of the charge and allow equal time for a
response." Ordinary people (i.e., not celebrities) may not
have their images broadcast without permission, unless the
event is 'news' that occurred within the past 24 hours.
Hall discusses journalist's rights and responsibilities, from
the FairnessDoctrine, which covers libel, slander and
invasion of privacy to the Shieldand Sunshine laws, which
enable journalists to protect their sources. Kronewetter
(1988), as well as Hulteng and Hall, discuss journalism
ethics and Malcolm (1990) and Alley(1977) provide
expos�s of ethical violations.
Documentary film-makers do not believe in a
single,objective point of view. Their goal is to present a
fair perspective, from aparticular point of view, through
selective shooting and editing.Participants in their films
should feel they have been presented fairly,if not always
positively.
Marketing Firms
Marketing firms videotape "focus groups" to get customer
reactions to new and existing products. Their loyalty isto
producer of the products they examine. They must protect
their clients,not only from potential lawsuits but also from
information leaks tocompetitors.
Law and Accounting Firms
"Lawyer-client privilege" and"accountant-client privilege"
(Causey, 1988) enable clients to speak inconfidence to
these professionals, another case of protecting the
client,both legally and through ethical codes.
Publishers
Publishers must obtain copyright permission from the
person who created the videotape before theycan distribute
it. They are legally responsible for protecting the producer
(or copyright holder) of the videotape. Samuelson (1994)
discusses legal precedents for the fair use of copyrighted
material, including video, e.g.,the ability of consumers to
videotape broadcast television programs for home use.
Software Developers and Other Corporations
Corporations use video for a variety of purposes, from
usability studies to product marketing. Getting permission
protects the corporation from lawsuits. Hollywood's
Universal Studios obtains global permission fromtheir
visitors: a sign informs them that, by entering the park,
they have given tacit permission to be videotape dand their
images may be used for commercial purposes. People who
object aredirected to a guest relations office.
Who are you trying to protect?
Trying to understand the goals of each of these professional
guidelinesreveals a fundamental problem: each is
concerned with protecting someone,but they are all
different types of people. Some try to protect the
personbeing videotaped. Others try to create an objective
view for the benefit of an audience. Some must protect
theconfidentialityof their clients, while others want to
protect the producer of thevideotape. The HCI community
includes people concerned with each of thesesituations; our
ethical guidelines must somehow address them all.
A good set of guidelines must cover everything from the
initial videotapingto its final presentation and address, at
least, the following questions:How do we obtain "informed
consent"? How should recording of video be constrained?
Are restrictions on the analyses performed necessary?
Under what conditionsshould video be presented and to
which audiences? Who are we trying toprotect? How can
people protect themselves and what social structures
areneeded to ensure that they can? What are the legal and
cultural implications of videotaping in differentcountries?
How do we avoid confusing ethics and good taste?
The suggestions presented below are offered as astarting
point for discussion, rather than a definitive set of guide-
lines.Theyare based on discussions with members of the
HCI community and influencedby guidelines from other
professions. I encourage people to try them andprovide
feedback about what does and does not work.
For the purposes of clarity, the term producer isused to
refer to any person who creates a videotape, including
academicresearchers, usability specialists and software
developers. The term user refers to any person in the
videotape, including participants inlaboratory studies or
people being videotaped in the course of their
dailyactivities.
Another policy statement on video appears in the CHICalls
for Participation, e.g. from CHI'95: "Submission of video
or pictures of identifiable people should be done withthe
understanding that responsibility for the collection of
appropriatepermissions rests with the submitter, not
CHI'95." This gives submitters the unfortunate impression
that this is solely alegal issue and that once permission has
been obtained, the submitter andthe conference have no
further responsibility in the matter.
The CHI community, given its mix of disciplines and
variety of activities, has a unique perspective to offer on
the issue of ethics and video. We should take advantage of
CHI-sponsored conferences to raise awareness andgenerate
discussions, e.g. Mackay (1989, 1990). We can establish an
electronic discussion forum and consider collaborations
with other organizations, such as SIGCAS (Computers and
Society), CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility) and theElectronic Frontier Foundation.
In the late 1980's, SIGCHI sponsored a task force that
produced the influential ACM SIGCHI Curricula for
Human-Computer Interaction (Hewett et al., 1992).
Perhaps the time has come for a similar task force to
develop an HCI code of ethics that builds upon the general
ACM code and addresses issues unique to HCI, such as
video.
HCI is not the only professional field that uses video. We
can learn from other professional ethical codes. However,
we cannotblindly adopt other ethical codes. Each
profession is concerned with protecting someone: the
person in the video, the audienceviewing the video, the
client paying for the video or the producer of thevideo.
Since the HCI community must address the needs of all of
these people, we are uniquely positioned to create a broad-
based set of guidelines that help us make informed,
ethicaldecisions about our uses of video. If we are
successful, guidelines may influence the wider set of
organizations who are struggling with how to handle this
powerful new medium.
Abstract
Videotape has become one of the CHI community's
mostuseful technologies: it allows us to analyze users'
interactions with computers,prototype new interfaces, and
present the results of our research andtechnical innovations
to others. But video is a double-edged sword. It isoften
misused, however unintentionally. How can we use it well,
without compromising our integrity?
This paper presents actual examples of questionable
videotaping practices. Next, it explains why we cannot
simply borrow ethical guidelines from otherprofessions. It
concludes with a proposal for developing usable ethical
guidelines for the capture, analysis andpresentation of
video.
Keywords:
HCI professional issues, video editing,ethics,
social computing.
Introduction
The lights dim in the plenary talk at CHI'95. You settle
back in your seatto hear from one of the early innovators in
HCI - in fact, your formerthesis advisor from a decade ago.
As expected, he is an entertainingspeaker. He quickly has
the audience laughing as he shows videos of early
interfaces and very perplexed users. Suddenly, you're not
laughing. You see a familiar face projected on the 40
footscreen: it's you, ten years ago. You watch in horror as
the 2500 membersof the audience, now your peers and
colleagues, laugh at your 'inept' useof the technology.
Could such a thing happen? It already has. What was the
appropriate thingto do? Should the speaker have tried to
discover if she were in theaudience? Would 'informed
consent' given ten years ago have been adequate?What
were her rights? What was the audience's responsibility?
These are not easy questions and I won't presume to
provide definitiveanswers. However, I think such examples
can raise awareness of the issuesfacing the CHI
community, as we increase our use of video for a wide
rangeof activities. Sometimes, simply being sensitive to the
problem is sufficient; other times, there is no clearcourse of
action. In either case, I contend that we are obligated as
aprofession to try to deal with these issues as effectively as
possible.VIDEO: OBJECTIVE ORSUBJECTIVE?
Video is a powerful medium: it can makea point or
convince people in ways that other media cannot. Video
captures aspects of human behavior, such as gaze and body
language, that are not available in any other form.
Somehow, video seems "real". Yet,perhaps it is too
powerful. Just as statements taken out of context can
bevery damaging, so can video clips misconstrue events or
violate the privacy of the subjects involved.
ETHICAL THEORY
The ethical literature is vast, with philosophical discussions
dating backto Plato and Aristotle. According to Forester
and Morrison (1990), mostcurrent professional ethical
codes are influenced by three more modernperspectives:
ethical relativism (Spinoza), consequentialism or
utilitarianism (J.S. Mill) and deontologism(Kant). The
latter two are most relevant for computer
professionals:"Consequentialismsays simply that an action
is right or wrong depending upon itsconsequences, such as
its effects on society. [...] By contrast,deontologism says
that an action is right or wrong in itself. Deontologistsstress
the intrinsic character of an act and disregard motives or
consequences." (Forester and Morrison, 1990, pp.16-17)
Older, more established professions, such as medicineand
law, provide codes of ethical practice for their members.
Their goalsare to establish their status as a profession, to
regulate their membership and convince the public that
they deserve to beself-regulating (Frankel, 1989). Some,
such as Ladd (1980), dismiss thenotion of organized
professional ethics as having few benefits and realpotential
for harm, while others, such as Bagley (1977), argue that "a
written code is a necessity".Luegenbiehl (1992) argues that
"Codes of ethics need be neither authoritarian nor designed
for theenhancement of a profession. Instead, they should
help the professionalseeking to engage in ethical practice".
Computer science is a relatively new field but already has a
largeliterature on ethics and computing. (See recent books
by Forester andMorrison (1990), Johnson (1994) and
Dunlop and Kling (1991).) Martin andMartin (1994)
compare four codes of ethics: ACM (1992), IEEE (1992),
Data Processing Managers Association (DPMA, 1989)and
the Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals
(ICCP, 1989).The four codes are similar to each other and
to other professional codesbecause they take ageneric
approach to ethics. Privacy and confidentiality of data were
seenas the only elements that "reflect the unique ethical
problemsraised by computer technology" (Martin and
Martin, 1994). Since video involves both privacy
andconfidentiality issues, ethical guidelines for HCI must
go beyond generalethical codes.
QUESTIONABLE USES OF VIDEO
The following examples of questionableuses of video are
based on actual incidents. However, some of the
details have been changed to disguise the participants or
setting.
GUIDELINES FROM OTHER PROFESSIONS
Since Human-Computer Interaction is a new field, we
should learn fromother, more established professions.
Some research disciplines,particularly the medical and
social sciences, have well-establishedguidelines for using
human subjects and include the use of videotaped records
in this context. Other disciplines, such ascomputer science,
have no history of using video (or human subjects),leaving
HCI members from those fields without any guidance.
Unfortunately,even those disciplines that do have
guidelines for video do not provide sufficient guidance for
thediversity of uses of video found in the HCI community.
This section brieflysummarizes the ethical or legal
perspectives of various professions.
PRELIMINARY GUIDELINES
Who should the HCI community listen to when developing
ethical guidelinesfor video? We have a diverse (and
growing) set of uses of video, both asdata about users and
technology and as a presentation form for users,customers,
management, fellow developers and the HCI research
community. What perspective or perspectives should we
consider? It is notenough to simply say we should "protect
everyone"; we might end upavoiding video all together.
We must consider the implications of avariety of uses of
video and develop guidelines accordingly.
A. Prior to Recording
B. After Recording
Give users sufficient information to make an informed
choice and let themchange their minds. For example, in the
CHI'89 Kiosk (Soloman, 1990),users who contributed their
images for the conference were again asked fortheir
permission when the database was printed on a CD-ROM.
C. Editing Video
D. Presenting Video
D. Distributing Video
NEXT STEPS
ACM/SIGCHI has already begun to address a few of the
issues relating tovideo. Every year, attendees ask to
videotape CHI conference presentations,often for good
reasons, such as non-native speakers who want a
videobackup. The SIGCHI executive committeeis currently
drafting a set of videotaping guidelines to try to balance
theneeds of audience members with the rights of
presenters. The vision.chi@xerox.com mailing list has been
the forum for the discussion of various drafts and the final
versionwill be published in the SIGCHI Bulletin.CONCLUSIONS
This paper illustrates how easy it is,however inadvertently,
to misuse video. Because videotape has become so
prevalent in our profession, itis time for us as a community
to become aware of the potential dangers and develop
guidelines for ethical handling of video. These guidelines
must go beyond legal requirements and provide protection
for a variety of people involved in the HCI community.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The participants in the "Videoas a Research and Design
Tool" Workshop and attendees of the CHI'90 Discussion
Forum on Video Ethics provided many insights and
examples. Austin Henderson pointed out the importance of
educating audiences when presenting "funny" clips of
users. Annette Adler, Sara Bly, and Marilyn Mantei
contributedinteresting discussions and comments on earlier
drafts. I am especiallygrateful to Michel Beaudouin-Lafon
for reading earlier versions of thispaper and suggesting the
title.
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