[CS] Anup Sathya MS Presentation/Jul 28, 2025

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This is an announcement of Anup Sathya's MS Presentation
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Candidate: Anup Sathya

Date: Monday, July 28, 2025

Time: 11 am CST

Remote Location: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://uchicago.zoom.us/j/97238317393?pwd=lbENK4vCa3vZ6axC06n0PNvGvFktIZ.1__;!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!7Vr60LO2fP3zi1B1TStYq6nQ4D2N2-0OtdAdo2rIZB9Oy0vZ7UPuDEzuIJ9TsQ6-rS_XlYNF7byE1x_dwTIl$

Location: JCL 298

Title: Utilizing the Materiality of Receipts to Improve Screen-time Reflection

Abstract: Many algorithm-driven platforms are designed to capture attention in ways that often conflict with users' original intentions. In this talk, I present Attention Receipts, a speculative system that disrupts this persuasive dynamic by making media consumption more visible, tangible, and accountable. Through a mid-century modern receipt printer that sits in the home, we explore how material artifacts can prompt users to reflect on their screen-time and reconsider their viewing habits.
Based on a three-week field deployment with six participants, I will share how the act of printing and encountering physical receipts shifted patterns of engagement and shaped participants’ sense of agency. Building on these findings, I will open up a broader discussion on how the physical environments we occupy might be designed to support digital well-being. What kinds of interventions can help make persuasive technologies more accountable to the spaces and lives they inhabit?

Advisors: Ken Nakagaki

Committee Members:  Ken Nakagaki, Pedro Lopes, Kai Lukoff