{"687096":{"#nid":"687096","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Jasmine C. Foriest","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;The Mechanisms of Muting: Deconstructing the Technology-Mediated Violence of Silence\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJasmine C. Foriest\u003Cbr\u003EPhD Student in Human-Centered Computing\u003Cbr\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.jcforiest.com\/\u0022\u003Ewww.jcforiest.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Tuesday, January 20th, 2026\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Spark Lab 222, TSRB\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZoom\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/6153106904?omn=95152746225\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EForiest Proposal Zoom Link\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime\u003C\/strong\u003E: 2:00PM - 5:00PM EST\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDr. Amy S. Bruckman (Advisor\/Chair)\u003Cbr\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Andrea G. Parker\u003Cbr\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ERollins School of Public Health, Emory University\u003Cbr\u003EMorehouse School of Medicine\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Beki Grinter\u003Cbr\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Tiffany C. Veinot\u003Cbr\u003ESchool of Information and School of Public Health\u003Cbr\u003EUniversity of Michigan\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Nicki Dell\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Computing and Information Science\u003Cbr\u003ECornell Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESummary\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003Cbr\u003EDigital technologies indisputably mediate and amplify real-world social outcomes, like violence, in novel ways. However, HCI is constrained in its current approaches to characterize and remediate these outcomes, often due to their sometimes latent, structural, and embedded nature in both society and technology. One such hidden harm that precedes violent outcomes is muting\u2014the systematic silencing of non-dominant groups from venues of discourse where identity, reality, and social change are constructed. Drawing on Muted Group Theory, this dissertation demonstrates that digital muting constitutes a type of tech-mediated violence that obstructs help-seeking behavior and access to epistemic resources essential for violence prevention.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy completed work deconstructs the mechanisms of removal, replication, and reconstruction through which digital artifacts mediate muting as violence. I describe the [removal] of information in mass media\u2019s digital representation of suicide creates informational barriers that obstruct help-seeking for at-risk populations. I characterize the [replication] of silencing social dynamics in how online community design enables the systematic silencing of gender-based violence survivors. I observe the mechanism of [reconstruction] of prejudice and partial knowledge in the ways large language models perpetuate epistemic injustice for survivors of intimate partner violence. These studies reveal how digital artifacts both constrain and enable support for those experiencing violence. Critically, a tension threads through all three empirical chapters: the very interventions designed to address harm often perpetuate new forms of silencing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy proposed work extends these empirical findings by examining remediation itself as a mechanism of muting. Through systematic qualitative content analysis of help-seeking and disclosure literature across computing, criminology, law, public health, and communications, this study investigates how interventions designed to address harm may perpetuate new forms of silencing. By exploring (1) how current problems result from previous remediation attempts, (2) what solutions are proposed and who is positioned as responsible, and (3) how remediation is linguistically constructed across disciplines, this work explores whether the tension observed in Chapters 3-5 represents a broader pattern operating across different contexts -- remediation as muting. This analysis aims to provide critical reflection necessary for HCI to pursue remediation in ways that do not reproduce the structural violence it seeks to prevent, ultimately informing more thoughtful, harm-aware, and cross-disciplinary approaches to addressing technology-mediated violence.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Mechanisms of Muting: Deconstructing the Technology-Mediated Violence of Silence\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Mechanisms of Muting: Deconstructing the Technology-Mediated Violence of Silence"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2026-01-06 19:48:58","changed_gmt":"2026-01-06 19:49:59","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-01-20T14:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2026-01-20T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-01-20T16:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-01-20 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-01-20 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-01-20 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Spark Lab 222, TSRB","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}