Özçetin, Seda and Özçetin, Şeyda (2024) Making a Case for Mapping a ToSsphere. In: Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design, RSD12, 06-20 Oct 2023, Washington, D.C., USA.

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Abstract

Terms of Service agreements now govern the ongoing relations between users and digital technologies. However, with their text-based medium preferring complex and lengthy technical and legal jargon, they have demonstrated to be failing in obtaining informed consent. While they have been approached from a perspective of usability in human-computer interaction, in this exhibit, we attempt to introduce a different scale. We start by reading a Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Then, we translate our repetitive readings into a relational mapping, which we later transpose into a spatial mapping. These mappings not only make visible actors and relations that constitute the complex policy ecosystems that we call ToSspheres, but also serve as entry points to understanding and intervening into these policy ecosystems.

Item Type:	Conference/Workshop Item (Poster)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Terms of Service, ToSsphere, mapping policy ecosystems, revealing design, relational mapping, spatial mapping
Divisions:	Faculty of Design
Date Deposited:	12 Jun 2026 14:59
Last Modified:	12 Jun 2026 15:15
URI:	https://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/5164

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