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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Oxford studies in digital politics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190493042 0190493046 9780190493066 0190493062 9780190493059 0190493054 |