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Prototyping an IoT transparency toolkit to support communication, governance and policy in the smart city.

Jacobs, Naomi; Loveday, Fi; Markovic, Milan; Cottrill, Caitlin D.; Zullo, Raffaele; Edwards, Peter

Authors

Naomi Jacobs

Milan Markovic

Caitlin D. Cottrill

Raffaele Zullo

Peter Edwards



Abstract

This paper describes the design of a prototype transparency tool for communities, public and private organisations, and other stakeholders to use when developing, deploying and interrogating public space Internet of Things implementations as part of wider smart city initiatives. These deployments need to be accompanied by effective public communications and policy, and consideration of factors such as data privacy, so as not to negatively impact citizens. The intention of the tool is to guide transparency of these deployments in order to support trusted IoT ecosystems. The tool, which was developed as both a physical card deck and a digital implementation, was developed through a combination of participatory work and other research to understand the information requirements of citizens and other stakeholders. We suggest that further development of such tools can effectively support trustworthy IoT in smart cities.

Citation

JACOBS, N., LOVEDAY, F., MARKOVIC, M., COTTRILL, C.D., ZULLO, R. and EDWARDS, P. 2022. Prototyping an IoT transparency toolkit to support communication, governance and policy in the smart city. Design journal [online], 25(3), pages 459-480. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2022.2061775

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 9, 2021
Online Publication Date Apr 11, 2022
Publication Date Jun 30, 2022
Deposit Date Jun 3, 2024
Publicly Available Date Jun 3, 2024
Journal Design journal
Print ISSN 1460-6925
Electronic ISSN 1756-3062
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 25
Issue 3
Pages 459-480
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2022.2061775
Keywords Internet of things; Transparency; Governance; Participatory design; Smart cities
Public URL https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2249668

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© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.




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