Topic:
What do scholars mean when they discuss the implications of algorithms, machine learning and artificial intelligence in regards to knowledge? In what ways can we understand the way in which algorithms digitally mediate public knowledge, online discourse and decision making? What do scholars see as the impact of this mediation? Why is it significant?
I have attached a 5 page essay of the same topic as an example. This should be an extension of that.
Source Eamples:
boyd, danah, & Crawford, K. (2012). CRITICAL QUESTIONS FOR BIG DATA: Provocations for a cultural, technological, and scholarly phenomenon. Information, Communication & Society, 15(5), 662–679. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2012.678878 (Links to an external site.)
Bucher, T. (2012). Want to be on the top? Algorithmic power and the threat of invisibility on Facebook. New Media & Society, 14(7), 1164–1180. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444812440159 (Links to an external site.)
Gillespie, T. (2014). The Relevance of Algorithms. In T. Gillespie, P. J. Boczkowski, & K. A. Foot (Eds.), Media Technologies (pp. 167–194). The MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9780262525374.003.0009
Kitchin, R. (2014). Big Data, new epistemologies and paradigm shifts. Big Data & Society, 1(1), 205395171452848. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951714528481 (Links to an external site.)
Mattu, S., Larson, J., Kirchner, L., & Angwin, J. (n.d.). Machine Bias. ProPublica. Retrieved November 29, 2021, from https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing?token=p-v0T1xjfOJ8jrJHzc08UxDKSQrKgWJk (Links to an external site.)
Noble, S. U. (2018). Algorithms of oppression : how search engines reinforce racism . New York University Press. [Chapter 6: pp. 153-169]