Essays about: "Algorithmic agency"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Algorithmic agency.

1. 1. Unveiling Power Dynamics on Instagram: A Neo-medieval Analysis of Algorithmic control, Influencers and Users

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Femke Podsedkowska; [2023]
   Keywords : Digital feudalism; social media; power relations; Instagram; influencers; medievalism; algorithms; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : Instagram is a large social media platform with strong power dynamics between the company, influencers and the users. Exploring this power dynamic within a theoretical framework rooted in neo-medievalism, this study investigates how power structures are manifested and enacted on the platform. READ MORE

3. 2. “PS. If I go missing... i have been banned again” - A netnographic study of users’ opposition to algorithmic censorship of the female body on Instagram

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Linnea Strand; [2022]
   Keywords : Algorithms; Censorship; Technology; User Agency; Algorithmic Resistance; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : As algorithmically-driven content moderation has become a common feature of social media platforms to suppress communications deemed undesirable, scholars have started to examine users’ relations to algorithmic systems and problems of machine bias and governmentality. While most researchers have focused on the negative aspects of censorship, few have explored the possibilities of users to oppose algorithmic control. READ MORE

4. 3. What do we talk about when we talk about algorithmic literacy? : A scoping review

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

   Author : Melanie Augustinus; [2022]
   Keywords : algorithmic literacy; information literacy; algorithms; media literacy; digital literacy; algorithm awareness;

   Abstract : Problem formulation, goal and objectives: Algorithms are ubiquitous in digital society, yet complex to understand and often hidden. Algorithmic literacy can be a useful concept when educating and empowering users. However, it is not uniformly defined or used, and the state of knowledge is unclear. READ MORE

5. 4. Can algorithms translate the world? : A digital discourse analysis of Google Translate’s algorithmic agency in the translation of news reports

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Luana Candido Fleury; [2022]
   Keywords : Algorithmic agency; translation; bilingualism; Google Translate; U.S. Capitol; critical discourse analysis; recontextualization; appraisal; ideology; Global South.;

   Abstract : Google Translate’s mission is “to enable everyone, everywhere, to understand the world and express themselves across languages” (Pitman, 2021). But are algorithms capable of leading us beyond the translation of the word toward an understanding of the world? Computational linguistics research has been interested in assessing this kind of real-world effects of technology and invited other disciplines to join their effort. READ MORE

6. 5. AI as Gatekeepers to the Job Market : A Critical Reading of; Performance, Bias, and Coded Gaze in Recruitment Chatbots

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Karin Victorin; [2021]
   Keywords : data feminism; digital discrimination; AI recruitment; chatbots; facial recognition; AFEA; hiring tools; feminist technoscience studies; intersectionality; coded gaze; hiring bots; social robots; performance; AI technology ethics; theatre and AI; Augusto Boal; posthumanism; Donna Haraway; Karen Barad;

   Abstract : The topic of this thesis is AI recruitment chatbots, digital discrimination, and data feminism (D´Ignazio and F.Klein 2020), where I aim to critically analyze issues of bias in these types of human-machine interaction technologies. READ MORE