Algorithms are not to be regarded as a technical structure but as a social phenomenon – they embed themselves, currently still very subtle, into our political and social system. Algorithms shape human behavior on various levels: they influence not only the aesthetic reception of the world but also the well-being and social interaction of their users. They act and intervene in a political and social context. As algorithms influence individual behavior in these social and political situations, their power should be the subject of critical discourse – or even lead to active disobedience and to the need for appropriate tools and methods which can be used to break the algorithmic power.
Algorithms are not to be regarded as a technical structure but as a social phenomenon – they embed themselves, currently still very subtle, into our political and social system. Algorithms shape human behavior on various levels: they influence not only the aesthetic reception of the world but also the well-being and social interaction of their users. They act and intervene in a political and social context. As algorithms influence individual behavior in these social and political situations, their power should be the subject of critical discourse – or even lead to active disobedience and to the need for appropriate tools and methods which can be used to break the algorithmic power.
(Dis)Obedience in Digital Societies: Perspectives on the Power of Algorithms and Data
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783732857630 |
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| Publisher: | transcript Verlag |
| Publication date: | 03/14/2022 |
| Series: | Digitale Gesellschaft , #37 |
| Sold by: | Libreka GmbH |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 380 |
| File size: | 12 MB |
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