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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Quadflieg, Sven, editor.

Neuburg, Klaus, editor.

Nestler, Simon, editor.

Series:

Digitale Gesellschaft

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Algorithms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, 2022.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

(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.

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

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Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457634