If ... then : algorithmic power and politics /

We live in a world in which Google's search algorithms determine how we access information, Facebook's News Feed algorithms shape how we socialize, and Netflix collaborative filtering algorithms choose the media products we consume. Rather than looking at how technologies shape or are shap...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bucher, Taina (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Series:Oxford studies in digital politics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:We live in a world in which Google's search algorithms determine how we access information, Facebook's News Feed algorithms shape how we socialize, and Netflix collaborative filtering algorithms choose the media products we consume. Rather than looking at how technologies shape or are shaped by political institutions, this book is concerned with the ways in which informational infrastructure may be considered political in its capacity to shape social and cultural life. Setting out to explore both the specific uses of algorithms and the cultural forms they generate, this book offers a novel und.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 200 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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