(Dis)Obedience in Digital Societies

Perspectives on the Power of Algorithms and Data

380 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Algorithms are not to be regarded as a technical structure but as a social phenomenon – they embed themselves, currently still very subtle, into our political and social system. Algorithms shape human behavior on various levels: they influence not only the aesthetic reception of the world but also the well-being and social interaction of their users. They act and intervene in a political and social context. As algorithms influence individual behavior in these social and political situations, their power should be the subject of critical discourse – or even lead to active disobedience and to the need for appropriate tools and methods which can be used to break the algorithmic power.

• Reihe: Digitale Gesellschaft
• ISBN: 9783837657630
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.03.2022
• Genre: Geisteswissenschaften allgemein
• Verlag: transcript
• Herausgegeben von: Sven Quadflieg, Klaus Neuburg, Simon Nestler