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Metaphors as Scaffolds: Spatial, Embodied, Fantastical, and Relational Framings for Youth Usable Privacy Design

Alexis Hiniker, Jaewon Kim

Metaphor selection is a first-order ethical design decision for youth privacy tools.

arxiv:2605.07185 v2 · 2026-05-08 · cs.HC

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Metaphor selection, we argue, is best understood as a first-order ethical design decision for youth privacy.

C2weakest assumption

That the four metaphor categories extracted from the three prior studies are stable, representative of youth reasoning in general, and causally shape behavior enough to justify treating metaphor choice as an ethical design priority.

C3one line summary

Metaphor choice in youth privacy interfaces is a first-order ethical design decision because spatial, embodied, fantastical, and relational framings each produce distinct patterns of reasoning and risk.

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61d45e110530d01dc8f4941ed793a6b38e27d7a85ffdea4d534c0ea341abcdc5

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arxiv: 2605.07185 · arxiv_version: 2605.07185v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.07185 · pith_short_12: MHKF4EIFGDIB · pith_short_16: MHKF4EIFGDIB3SHU · pith_short_8: MHKF4EIF

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