Algorithms: Technology, Culture, Politics

Algorithms: Technology, Culture, Politics develops a relational, situated approach to algorithms that bridges critical discussions on bias, exclusion, or responsibility with the contemporary state of information technology. It will be of interest to everyone engaging critically with algorithms, particularly in the social sciences, media studies, STS, political theory, or philosophy.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 02 October 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Algorithms: Technology, Culture, and Politics

Algorithms: Technology, Culture, and Politics develops a relational, situated approach to algorithms. It takes a middle ground between theories that give the algorithm a singular and stable meaning in using it as a central analytic category for contemporary society and theories that dissolve the term into the details of empirical studies.

The book discusses algorithms in relation to hardware and material conditions, code, data, and subjects such as users, programmers, but also "data doubles." The individual chapters bridge critical discussions on bias, exclusion, or responsibility with the necessary detail on the contemporary state of information technology. The examples include state-of-the-art applications of machine learning, such as self-driving cars, and large language models such as GPT.

The book will be of interest to everyone engaging critically with algorithms, particularly in the social sciences, media studies, STS, political theory, or philosophy. With its broad scope, it can serve as a high-level introduction that picks up and builds on more than two decades of critical research on algorithms.

Weight: 316g
Dimension: 156 x 234 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032290591