Youth as Advisors in Participatory Design: Situating Teens' Expertise in Everyday Algorithm Auditing with Teachers and Researchers

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.07202v2
• Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:26:55 GMT
• Title: Youth as Advisors in Participatory Design: Situating Teens' Expertise in Everyday Algorithm Auditing with Teachers and Researchers
• Authors: Daniel J. Noh, Deborah A. Fields, Luis Morales-Navarro, Alexis Cabrera-Sutch, Yasmin B. Kafai, Danaé Metaxa,
• Abstract summary: We situate youth as advisors to a group of high school computer science teacher- and researcher-designers creating learning activities.<n>Specifically, we explore algorithm auditing as a potential entry point for youth and adults to critically evaluate generative AI algorithmic systems.
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• Abstract: Research on children and youth's participation in different roles in the design of technologies is one of the core contributions in child-computer interaction studies. Building on this work, we situate youth as advisors to a group of high school computer science teacher- and researcher-designers creating learning activities in the context of emerging technologies. Specifically, we explore algorithm auditing as a potential entry point for youth and adults to critically evaluate generative AI algorithmic systems, with the goal of designing classroom lessons. Through a two-hour session where three teenagers (16-18 years) served as advisors, we (1) examine the types of expertise the teens shared and (2) identify back stage design elements that fostered their agency and voice in this advisory role. Our discussion considers opportunities and challenges in situating youth as advisors, providing recommendations for actions that researchers, facilitators, and teachers can take to make this unusual arrangement feasible and productive.

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