[Air-L] agency / neutrality of algorithms

[Alex Gekker]

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.


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Alex Gekker, PhD Candidate (Promovendus), Media and Culture, Utrecht
University.
Charting the Digital http://www.digitalcartography.eu/
http://alexgekker.com
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