[Air-L] SSN seminar: "The Bias of Automation" with Prof Mark Andrejevic

[Thao Phan]

Please join us for this online seminar hosted by the Deakin Science and
Society Network's <https://scienceandsocietynetwork.deakin.edu.au/> Data
Cultures theme. You can join the conversation on Twitter by following us at
@SSNDeakin and using the hashtags #SSNseminar #DataCultures.

*Register here:* https://ssnseminar-markadrejevic.eventbrite.com.au
<https://ssnseminar-markadrejevic.eventbrite.com.au/>

*Date/time:* Tuesday 10th November, 10am - 11:30am (Australian Eastern
Daylight Time, GMT+11)


*Title:*The Bias of Automation

*Abstract:*

Just as the adoption of market solutions to address social issues
incorporates a "bias" toward forms of value that can be quantified, the
choice to adopt automated systems for sense making and decision-making
processes within the contemporary social context entails an embedded set of
logics. This talk proposes a partial taxonomy of such logics through a
series of concrete examples, focusing in particular on "pre-emption,"
"operationalism," "framelessness," and "environmentality." The goal of such
a formulation is to start to build a framework for anticipating the social
issues that are likely to come to the fore as we rely increasingly on
automated media systems in a growing range of social spheres.

*About the speaker:*

Mark Andrejevic is Professor of Media Studies in the School of Media, Film,
and Journalism at Monash University. He heads the Automated Society Working
Group at Monash and is a Chief Investigator in the Australian Research
Council's Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society.

*Watch the seminar:*

Seminar will be available to stream on YouTube live. Access using the live
link:  <https://youtu.be/eJsN8Ym85y4>https://youtu.be/kDyJjfXZpMs

Date/time: Tuesday 10th November, 10am - 11:30am (Australian Eastern
Daylight Time, GMT+11)

Q&A with the speaker to follow. To send questions/participate in the chat,
you'll need to sign-in using a YouTube account
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The seminar will be recorded and available to watch on the SSN YouTube
channel after the Livestream.

If you have any questions, please send to ssn-... at deakin.edu.au
<http://ssn-info@deakin.edu.au/>