Bibliograph

We are data, algorithms and the making of our digital selves, John Cheney-Lippold

Type

Label

We are data, algorithms and the making of our digital selves, John Cheney-Lippold

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-303) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

We are data

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

961159810

Responsibility statement

John Cheney-Lippold

Sub title

algorithms and the making of our digital selves

Summary

"We are Data explores what identity means in an algorithmic age: how it works, how our lives are controlled by it, and how we can resist it. Algorithms are everywhere, organizing the near limitless data that exists in our world. Derived from our every search, like, click, and purchase, algorithms determine the news we get, the ads we see, the information accessible to us and even who our friends are. These complex configurations not only form knowledge and social relationships in the digital and physical world, but also determine who we are and who we can be, both on and offline. Algorithms create and recreate us, using our data to assign and reassign our gender, race, sexuality, and citizenship status. They can recognize us as celebrities or mark us as terrorists. In this era of ubiquitous surveillance, contemporary data collection entails more than gathering information about us. Entities like Google, Facebook, and the NSA also decide what that information means, constructing our worlds and the identities we inhabit in the process. We have little control over who we algorithmically are. Our identities are made useful not for us--but for someone else. Through a series of entertaining and engaging examples, John Cheney-Lippold draws on the social constructions of identity to advance a new understanding of our algorithmic identities. We Are Data will educate and inspire readers who want to wrest back some freedom in our increasingly surveilled and algorithmically-constructed world."--Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Categorization : making data useful -- Control : algorithm is gonna get you -- Subjectivity : who do they think you are? -- Privacy : wanted dead or alive -- Conclusion : ghosts in the machine

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