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    Algorithms (and the) everyday

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    Authors
    Willson, Michele
    Date
    2016
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Willson, M. 2016. Algorithms (and the) everyday. Information, Communication & Society. 20 (1): pp. 137-150.
    Source Title
    Information, Communication & Society
    DOI
    10.1080/1369118X.2016.1200645
    ISSN
    1369-118X
    School
    School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17928
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Our everyday practices are increasingly mediated through online technologies, entailing the navigation and also oft-simultaneous creation of large quantities of information and communication data. The scale and types of activities being undertaken, the data that are being created and engaged with, and the possibilities for analysis, archiving and distribution are now so extensive that technical constructs are necessarily required as a way to manage, interpret and distribute these. These constructs include the platforms, the software, the codes and the algorithms. This paper explores the place of the algorithm in shaping and engaging with the contemporary everyday. It does this via an exploration of some particular instances of algorithmic sorting and presentation as well as considering some of the ways these contribute to shaping our everyday practices and understandings. In doing so, it raises questions about understandings of agency and power, shifting world views and our complex relationship with technologies.

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