{"id":986,"date":"2022-06-21T20:09:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T18:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikoripka.de\/?p=986"},"modified":"2025-01-31T20:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:30:10","slug":"ba-thesis-down-to-defaults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikoripka.de\/en\/ba-thesis-down-to-defaults\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor\u2019s Thesis: Down to&nbsp;Defaults"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"innercontent\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-996\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-106-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-996 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Down to Defaults\" data-height=\"1280\" data-width=\"1920\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_996\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_996\">\n            <ul class=\"slides\">\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1023 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2022-06-21 19:54:48\" data-filename=\"bathesis_3.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nikoripka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bathesis_3.png\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" alt class=\"slider-996 slide-1023 msDefaultImage lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1920px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1920\/1280;\"><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1004 ms-image\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2022-06-21 18:59:59\" data-filename=\"bathesis.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nikoripka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bathesis.png\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" alt class=\"slider-996 slide-1004 msDefaultImage lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1920px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1920\/1280;\"><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the so-called \u201cdefault effect\u201d, people tend to choose options that do not require an active decision. In interface design, defaults can pursue different goals: they can save users time, automa\u00adti\u00adcally adopt resource-saving settings, or lead them to choose options that are profi\u00adtable for companies. Dark patterns in the design of inter\u00adfaces can also ensure that users are manipu\u00adlated into making decisions they do not neces\u00ads\u00adarily want to make, for example by highlighting certain options or deliberately hiding important information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such defaults do not only occur in interface design, but also in other areas such as medicine: in organ donation, in some countries the default option is set so that organs are not donated as long as there is no active consent; in other countries, organs are donated automa\u00adti\u00adcally as long as there is no objection. This default rule can increase the number of donors many times over, which can ultim\u00adately lead to more lives being&nbsp;saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the website of the Deutsche Bahn as an example, I examine the use of defaults and dark patterns in ticket searches on bahn.de. I then consider what this ticket search could look like from a profit-oriented and environ\u00admen\u00adtally friendly perspective, and how a search without defaults would look&nbsp;like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"metaside\">\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading medien\">Project type<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list medien\">\n<li>Bachelor\u2019s Thesis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading medien\">Media<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list medien\">\n<li>book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading links\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list links\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nikoripka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/downtodefaults_bathesis_web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bachelor\u2019s Thesis (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/aside>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The role of defaults in the design 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