DigEthix: Digital Ethics Today

21: Trust and Safety Communication Technologies with Ryan Mayfield


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What are safety technologies? How do we best utilize our resources in order to prevent tragedies? How does a crisis affect the process of consent?

Ryan Mayfield is the director of strategy at Live Safe, a mobile safety application company looking to connect individuals and safety officials in order to build better communities. Ryan is an expert in safety communications and user engagement, with experience in industry, government, and academia. Together with the Social Computing Systems (SALT) Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, he helped publish the first-ever study of safety communications using anonymized user data. A graduate of Stanford University, Ryan remains affiliated with the Stanford University Peace Innovation Lab.

Potentially Helpful Links:

Dave Ropeik book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7122765-how-risky-is-it-really
911 rollout - https://www.nena.org/page/911overviewfacts
Text-to-911 - https://www.911.gov/issue_textto911.html

Credits:

Music: "Dreams" from Bensound.com
Edits: Julia Brukx
Episode art: Julia Donohue


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