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After the digital tornado : networks, algorithms, humanity /

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"Networks powered by algorithms are pervasive. Major contemporary technology trends--Internet of Things, Big Data, Digital Platform Power, Blockchain, and the Algorithmic Society--are manifestations of this phenomenon. The internet, which once seemed an unambiguous benefit to society, is now th...

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Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Other Authors: Werbach, Kevin (Editor, Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Internet governance.
Internet > Government policy.
Internet industry.
Gouvernance d'Internet.
Internet > Politique gouvernementale.
Internet > Industrie.
Internet governance
Internet > Government policy
Internet industry
Electronic books.
essays.
Essays
Essays.
Essais.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. An endless spiral of connectivity?
  • Prelude. Digital tornado : the Internet and Telecommunications Policy (1997) : selected excerpts / Kevin Werbach
  • Part I. Networks. 1. The regulated end of internet law, and the return to computer and information law? / Christopher T. Marsden ; 2. Networks, standards, and network-and-standard-based governance / Julie E. Cohen ; 3. Tech dominance and the policeman at the elbow / Tim Wu
  • Part II. Algorithms. 4. Who do we blame for the filter bubble? : on the roles of math, data, and people in algorithmic social systems / Kartik Hosanagar and Alex P. Miller ; 5. Regulating the feedback effect / Viktor Mayer-Schönberger ; 6. Shaping our tools : contestability as a means to promote responsible algorithmic decision making in the professions / Daniel N. Kluttz, Nitin Kohli, and Deirdre K. Mulligan
  • Part III. Humanity. 7. Why a commitment to pluralism should limit how humanity is re-engineered / Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger ; 8. Caveat usor : surveillance capitalism as epistemic inequality / Shoshana Zuboff ; 9. The siren song : algorithmic governance by Blockchain / Kevin Werbach.