Book chapter
A Review of the Gaps and Opportunities of Nudity and Skin Detection Algorithmic Research for the Purpose of Combating Adolescent Sexting Behaviors
Human-Computer Interaction. Design Practice in Contemporary Societies, pp 90-108
01 Jan 2019
Abstract
We present a comprehensive literature review of algorithmic or computational approaches to detect nudity and/or skin that could be used as a means of preventing adolescent sexting behaviors. We identified 45 peer-reviewed articles that summarize the state-of-the-art in this field to show research gaps and opportunities for future research. We found several important gaps in the literature. For instance, most of the work related to the detection of nudity and/or skin has been done at the software level only; and while numerous algorithms exist in this space, they all operate on already digitized images. Therefore, researchers should consider addressing nudity detection at the hardware level to prevent digitization of these images before they cause harm. In addition, most of the literature we reviewed focused on the computational aspects of detection without further exploring what interventions may be appropriate once detection has occurred. Hence, they do not meaningfully address risk mitigation strategies that would be effective for tackling the problem of adolescent sexting behaviors. Therefore, computational researchers who focus on nudity and/or skin detection need to engage with Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers to determine how to translate their research into actionable solutions for adolescent online safety.
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Details
- Title
- A Review of the Gaps and Opportunities of Nudity and Skin Detection Algorithmic Research for the Purpose of Combating Adolescent Sexting Behaviors
- Creators
- Muhammad Uzair Tariq - University of Central FloridaAfsaneh RaziKarla Badillo-Urquiola - University of Central FloridaPamela Wisniewski - University of Central Florida
- Publication Details
- Human-Computer Interaction. Design Practice in Contemporary Societies, pp 90-108
- Series
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science (Informatics)
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85069858511
- Other Identifier
- 991021861657004721