$2.)$ Identify an area you encounter regularly where political motivations are determining the design of technology. First, describe the area you$$ve selected.

Then, describe the stakeholders in that area, including their motivations. Any interesting technology will likely have at least three groups of stakeholders.

Then, describe at least three ways those motivations are specifically affecting the design of the technology in that area. If you$$re on the right track, you$$ll likely find the motivations are in conflict.

Hint: Remember, political motivations do not necessarily have to be things like liberal and conservative; rather, they are places where the technology is designed to create some kind of societal change rather than to maximize usability. Note that also you may choose a technology where different stakeholders are attempting to design it in competing ways; however, this should be present in their actual designs rather than in things like legislation for which they lobby. If you are a Cybersecurity or Analytics student, this is a great opportunity to tie the course content to your specific field, such as how interfaces may be designed to improve security even at the expense of usability, or how visualizations may be used to promote certain agendas over others.