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Ashley Sheil
dblp:330/7728
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2ranked-venue papers
1as first author
2since 2021 · last 2025
0000-0001-7750-9495ORCID · corroborated
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Human-computer interaction and ubiquitous computing · 2 · 1 first-author · 2 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Network and information security
1 paper |
Usable security · 44% Web and mobile security · 44% Privacy and data protection · 13% |
Topics — the 1 heaviest of 3, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Usable security › deception
dark patterns |
0.8 | 1 | 2024 | Staying at the Roach Motel: Cross-Country Analysis of Manipulative Subscription and Cancellation Flows · CHI 2024 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
design feature analysis · 0.8cross-country analysis · 0.8
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | "It's Like Not Being Able to Read and Write": Narrowing the Digital Divide for Older Adults and Leveraging the Role of Digital Educators in IrelandabstractAs digital services increasingly replace traditional analogue systems, ensuring that older adults are not left behind is critical to fostering inclusive access. This study explores how digital educators support older adults in developing essential digital skills, drawing insights from interviews with $34$ educators in Ireland. These educators, both professional and volunteer, offer instruction through a range of formats, including workshops, remote calls, and in-person sessions. Our findings highlight the importance of personalized, step-by-step guidance tailored to older adults' learning needs, as well as fostering confidence through hands-on engagement with technology. Key challenges identified include limited transportation options, poor internet connectivity, outdated devices, and a lack of familial support for learning. To address these barriers, we propose enhanced public funding, expanded access to resources, and sustainable strategies such as providing relevant and practical course materials. Additionally, innovative tools like simulated online platforms for practicing digital transactions can help reduce anxiety and enhance digital literacy among older adults. This study underscores the vital role that digital educators play in bridging the digital divide, creating a more inclusive, human-centered approach to digital learning for older adults. Melanie Gruben, Ashley Sheil, Sanchari Das 0001, Michelle O'Keeffe, Jacob Camilleri, Moya Cronin, Hazel Murray |
TEI | 2 |
| 2024 | Staying at the Roach Motel: Cross-Country Analysis of Manipulative Subscription and Cancellation FlowsabstractSubscribing to online services is typically a straightforward process, but cancelling them can be arduous and confusing — causing many to resign and continue paying for services they no longer use. Making the cancellation process intentionally difficult is recognized as a dark pattern called Roach Motel. This paper characterizes the subscription and cancellation flows of popular news websites from four different countries, and discusses them in the context of recent regulatory changes. We study the design features that make it difficult to cancel a subscription and find several cancellation flows that feature intentional barriers, such as forcing users to call a representative or type in a phrase. Further, we find many subscription flows that do not adequately inform users about recurring charges. Our results point to a growing need for effective regulation of designs that trick, coerce, or manipulate users into paying for subscriptions they do not want. Ashley Sheil, Gunes Acar, Hanna Schraffenberger, Raphaël Gellert, David Malone |
CHI | 1 |