Asking ChatGPT How to Fight Visual Ageism on Websites: Pitfall or Opportunity?

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2024

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Springer

Abstract

This paper explores the extent to which ChatGPT can be used to combat visual ageism, i.e., “the social practice of visually underrepresenting older people or misrepresenting them in a prejudiced way” [1, p.164] on websites. First, insights from earlier empirical studies on visual ageism are presented to illustrate how ageist pictures can be injurious to older people and howto combat this. Then, a chat session with ChatGPT will be used to discover whether the tool can generate reliable advice on how to counter visual ageism on websites. Finally, ChatGPT’s advice will be evaluated from a scientific point of view.

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The paper was presented at the conference 10th International Conference, ITAP 2024, Held as Part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024, Washington, DC, USA, June 29–July 4, 2024. This book chapter is available on Springer Nature Link platfome at: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-61546-7_24 The author Loredana Ivan is affiliated to SNSPA, of the College of Communication and Public Relations of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration.

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ChatGPT, Visual ageism, Digital practices, Older people and ageing, Internet users, Media and communication studies

Citation

Loos, E., Ivan, L., Sourbati, M. (2024). Asking ChatGPT How to Fight VisualAgeism on Websites: Pitfall or Opportunity?. In: Gao, Q., Zhou, J. (eds) Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. HCII 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14726. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61546-7_24