[Air-L] agency / neutrality of algorithms

[Malte Ziewitz]

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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