Tag: Destiny Tran Saucedo-Martinez

Engagement, Exposure, Exploitation: Algorithmic Persuasion and Explicit Content

In this honors thesis, I leveraged longitudinal survey and screenome data from the Human Screenome Project (HSP) in a mixed methods analysis of user behavior and cognitive-affective states related to viewing and engaging with unmoderated graphic explicit content and qualitative case studies of two participants' screenshot sequences.

Honors Posters at Symposium of Undergraduate Research and Public Service [April 25, 2026]

Destiny Tran Saucedo-Martinez and Manasi Garg presented their respective honors theses "Engagement, Exploitation, Exposure: Algorithmic Persuasion and Explicit Content in the Screenome" and "Addiction or Agency? Examining Attention in the Smartphone Age"

“Screenertia” in the Screenome: Investigating Targeted Exposure to Graphic Content in Vulnerable Populations

Cognitive-affective distress can increase vulnerability to addictive behavior, often manifesting as addictive sexual or violent behavior, including the consumption of pornography and violence online (Sinha, 2008)...

Destiny K Trần Saucedo-Martinez

Honors Recipient & SymSys Summer Intern Human Centered AI Symbolic Systems Stanford University Honors Thesis: Engagement, Exposure, Exploitation: Algorithmic Persuasion and Explicit Content Destiny K Trần (she/her/hers) is a third-year undergraduate at Stanford, majoring in Symbolic Systems with a concentration in Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. Her research focuses on the valence and arousal of graphic visual… Read more Destiny K Trần Saucedo-Martinez