Chapter 7 -- Designing Morality

Question 1

technological mediation

Answer 1

the phenomenon that when technologies fulfill their functions, they also help to shape the actions and perceptions of their users

Question 2

mediation of perception

Answer 2

influence of artifacts on human perception, the sensory relationship with reality

Question 3

structure of amplification and reduction

Answer 3

the fact that mediating technologies amplify specific aspects of (the perception of reality) while reducing other aspects

Question 4

multistability

Answer 4

phenomenon that a technology can have several “stabilities,” depending on the way it is embedded in a use context

Question 5

mediation of action

Answer 5

influence of artifacts on human action

Question 6

script

Answer 6

a prescription how to act that is built into an artifact

Question 7

invitation-inhibition structure

Answer 7

the fact that mediating technology invited specific actions, while other actions are inhibited

Question 8

moralization of technology

Answer 8

the deliberate development of technologies in order to shape moral action and decision-making

Question 9

anticipating mediation by imagination

Answer 9

trying to imagine the ways technology-in-design could be used; this insight is then used to deliberately shape user operations and interpretations