[Air-L] agency / neutrality of algorithms

[Tarleton L. Gillespie]

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> 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> 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 <//a.gekker at uu.nl> |
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