Algorithms: Technology, Culture, Politics - Brossura

Matzner, Tobias

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ISBN 10: 1032290595 ISBN 13: 9781032290591

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2023

Riassunto

Algorithms: Technology, Culture, Politics develops a relational, situated approach to algorithms. It takes a middle ground between theories that give the algorithm a singular and stable meaning in using it as a central analytic category for contemporary society and theories that dissolve the term into the details of empirical studies.

The book discusses algorithms in relation to hardware and material conditions, code, data, and subjects such as users, programmers, but also “data doubles”. The individual chapters bridge critical discussions on bias, exclusion, or responsibility with the necessary detail on the contemporary state of information technology. The examples include state-of-the-art applications of machine learning, such as self-driving cars, and large language models such as GPT.

The book will be of interest for everyone engaging critically with algorithms, particularly in the social sciences, media studies, STS, political theory, or philosophy. With its broad scope it can serve as a high-level introduction that picks up and builds on more than two decades of critical research on algorithms.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Tobias Matzner is a professor for Digital Cultures and Digital Humanities at Paderborn University, Germany. His research focuses on the intersections of technology, culture, and politics, with a particular focus on algorithms and machine learning.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1032290595
• ISBN 13: 9781032290591
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania