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Record Nr.

UNINA9910558687303321

Titolo

(Dis)Obedience in Digital Societies : perspectives on the power of algorithms and data / / edited by Sven Quadflieg, Klaus Neuburg, Simon Nestler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld : , : Transcript Verlag, , 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 pages)

Disciplina

518.1

Soggetti

Algorithms

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

(Dis)obeying Algorithms? Introductory Thoughts on the Power of Algorithms and the Possible Necessity of Resisting it; The Dialectics of Dis-Obedience. Notes from the Crystal Palace; Surveillance, Artificial Intelligence and Power; Embodied Algorithmic Optimization. How Our Bodies are Becoming a Product of Code; The Lock Down City and the Utopian Program of Open Interfaces; Hacking Google Maps; The Algorithmic Construction of Space; Torn Between Autonomy and Algorithmic Management. (Dis)Obedience of Solo Self-Employed Working via Digital Platforms; A Crack in the Algorithm's Facade. A Fundamental Rights Perspective on "Efficiency" and "Neutrality" Narratives of Algorithms; When Search Engines Discriminate. The Posthuman Mimesis of Gender Bias; Discrimination by Correlation. Towards Eliminating Algorithmic Biases and Achieving Gender Equality; The Power of Algorithms and the Structural Transformation of the Digital Public; Reclaim your Face and the Streets. Why Facial Recognition, and Other Biometric Surveillance Technology in Public Spaces, Should be Banned; Identity 5.0: How to Fight Algorithms Online (Fast). Heuristic Compressions of Personality Concepts (Dis)Obedient to Algorithmic Powerfrom Film, Television and a Cult Classic Novel; About the Authors.

Sommario/riassunto

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.