[Air-L] agency / neutrality of algorithms

Wed Jun 1 05:13:55 PDT 2016

Hi everyone,

In my view, the most important work on algorithms (and super influential)
is being done by Zeynep Tufekci:

https://princeton.academia.edu/ZeynepTufekci

Best,

Monika

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Andrew Herman <aherman at wlu.ca> wrote:

> Alex
>
> This is awesome! Thanks so much for putting together.
> ________________________________________
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> gekker.alex at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 4:48 AM
> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> Subject: Re: [Air-L] agency / neutrality of algorithms
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> The response has been amazing, thank you all for your wonderful suggestions
> on and off list. And sorry if I missed someone in responding personally.
> I took the liberty of putting together a public Google Doc with all the
> suggestions. I tried to keep it short but provide context where original
> authors supplied few lines of elaboration.
> The list is freely editable, so if you feel there's something missing or
> would rather not have your suggestions there - please edit it or email me
> and I'll do it.
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OaAnpaLaOQs0YgUaPZ0lEThy0EI9_RrjtrqdQYBYHMs/edit?usp=sharing
>
> regards,
> Alex.
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 12:51 AM Malte Ziewitz <mziewitz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Alex, if you are specifically interested in the research strategy of
> > 'ethicizing' analytic objects, the following exchange might be a good
> > starting point:
> >
> > Kraemer, Felicitas, Kees Overveld, and Martin Peterson. 2010. “Is There
> an
> > Ethics of Algorithms?” Ethics and Information Technology 13 (3): 251–60.
> > doi:10.1007/s10676-010-9233-7.
> >
> > Anderson, Robert J., and Wesley W. Sharrock. 2013. “Ethical Algorithms: A
> > Brief Comment on an Extensive Muddle.”,
> >
> >
> http://www.sharrockandanderson.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Ethical-Algorithms.pdf
> >
> > Taken together, the two articles highlight some of the (fascinating)
> issues
> > that arise from adding epithets like 'ethical,' 'neutral,' 'moral', etc.
> to
> > computational phenomena.
> >
> > All best,
> > Malte
> >
> > On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Josh Scannell <
> joshua.scannell at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I'm a lurker on this listserv but I would like to second this list. It
> is
> > > invaluable.
> > >
> > > On Monday, May 30, 2016, Tarleton L. Gillespie <tlg28 at cornell.edu>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'd like to recommend this:
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://socialmediacollective.org/reading-lists/critical-algorithm-studies/
> > > >
> > > > Nick Seaver and I had been trying to keep tabs on this scholarship.
> > Many
> > > > of the pieces on this list, especially in sections 0.2, 1.1, and 1.2.
> > > >
> > > > Tarleton
> > > >
> > > > sent from my iphone, sorry for my fat fingers.
> > > >
> > > > > On May 30, 2016, at 4:09 PM, Elizabeth Anne Watkins <
> > > > writetowatkins at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > The Yale Information Society Project recently held a spectacular
> > > > conference
> > > > > on Algorithmic Accountability, which may be of interest:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://isp.yale.edu/node/6055
> > > > >
> > > > >> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Alex Gekker <
> gekker.alex at gmail.com
> > > > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Hi list,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I've been running into a lot of writing criticising the notion of
> > > > >> "algorithms are neutral" recently, but yet to find a scholarly
> work
> > > that
> > > > >> tackles the subject yet. Any recommendations?
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Here are some examples for the types of arguments I'm interested
> in:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/go-tweak-yourself-facebook/480258/
> > > > >> https://socialmediacollective.org/2016/05/18/facebook-trends/
> > > > >>
> > > > >> thanks,
> > > > >> Alex.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> =======
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Alex Gekker, PhD Candidate (Promovendus), Media and Culture,
> Utrecht
> > > > >> University.
> > > > >> Charting the Digital http://www.digitalcartography.eu/
> > > > >> http://alexgekker.com
> > > > >> a.gekker at uu.nl <javascript:;> <//a.gekker at uu.nl <javascript:;>> |
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