How should social media sites contend with harms users experience on the site, such as being targets of online harassment? Can harms be measured or quantified, and should they be?
This talk will explore how different justice theories, such as restorative justice, racial justice, and reparative justice, can expose approaches for remediating harms experienced online.
Biography
Sarita Schoenebeck is an Associate Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. She directs the Living Online Lab and co-directs the Social Media Research Lab. Her research focuses on promoting more equitable and inclusive experiences online.
Sarita received her Ph.D. in Human-Centered Computing from Georgia Tech. She is the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, the UMSI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award, and Best Paper and Honorable Mention awards at CHI and CSCW. Her research has been covered multiple times in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, and elsewhere.