(Dis)Obedience in Digital Societies - Perspectives on the Power of Algorithms and Data
Verlag | transcript |
Auflage | 2022 |
Seiten | 380 |
Format | 15,6 x 2,6 x 23,4 cm |
Gewicht | 587 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Digitale Gesellschaft 37 |
ISBN-10 | 3837657639 |
EAN | 9783837657630 |
Bestell-Nr | 83765763A |
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.