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Author:   Jonathan Cohn
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780813597829

ISBN 10:   081359782
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 March 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction: Data Fields of Dreams 1          A Brief History of Good Choices 2          Female Labor and Digital Media:  Pattie Maes and the Birth of Recommendation Systems and Social Networking Technologies  3          Mapping the Stars:  TiVo, Netflix, and Digg’s Digital Media Distribution and Talking Back to Algorithms 4          Love’s Labor’s Logged: The Weird Science of Matchmaking Systems and Its Parodies 5          The Mirror Phased: Virtual Cosmetic Surgeries, Beautification Engines, and the Embodied Recommendation Conclusion:  On Handling Toddlers and Structuring the Limits of Knowledge Acknowledgments Notes Index  

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"""Google's algorithms discriminate against women and people of colour,"" by Jonathan Cohn-- ""The Conversation"" ""In navigating the terrain of user agency and its subversive potential, this book adds another dimension to the literature on critical information studies.""-- ""Television and New Media"" ""Fascinating and timely, this exciting book explores the history of algorithms, recommendations, and suggestions.""--Chuck Tryon ""author of On-Demand Culture: Digital Delivery and the Future of Movies"" ""Tired of Those Netflix and Amazon 'Recommendations'? Outwit the Algorithm,"" by Rebecca Dolan https: //www.wsj.com/articles/tired-of-those-netflix-and-amazon-recommendations-outwit-the-algorithm-11562776566?mod=searchresultspage=1pos=1-- ""Wall Street Journal"" ""Algorithmic recommendations aren't politically neutral. But, as Cohn details in this illuminating book, nor is their power absolute. The Burden of Choice is a primer on algorithmic dissidence, couched in a history of computational decision making.""--Ted Striphas ""author of The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control"" ""Suffused with nuance and aplomb, Jonathan Cohn's The Burden of Choice details the asymmetries of power and disputed logics of contemporary algorithmic culture--an outstanding contribution to digital studies.""--John Cheney-Lippold ""author of We Are Data: Algorithms and The Making of Our Digital Selves"""

Fascinating and timely, this exciting book explores the history of algorithms, recommendations, and suggestions. --Chuck Tryon author of On-Demand Culture: Digital Delivery and the Future of Movies Algorithmic recommendations aren't politically neutral. But, as Cohn details in this illuminating book, nor is their power absolute. The Burden of Choice is a primer on algorithmic dissidence, couched in a history of computational decision making. --Ted Striphas author of The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control Suffused with nuance and aplomb, Jonathan Cohn's The Burden of Choice details the asymmetries of power and disputed logics of contemporary algorithmic culture--an outstanding contribution to digital studies. --John Cheney-Lippold author of We Are Data: Algorithms and The Making of Our Digital Selves

Google's algorithms discriminate against women and people of colour, by Jonathan Cohn-- The Conversation In navigating the terrain of user agency and its subversive potential, this book adds another dimension to the literature on critical information studies. -- Television and New Media Fascinating and timely, this exciting book explores the history of algorithms, recommendations, and suggestions. --Chuck Tryon author of On-Demand Culture: Digital Delivery and the Future of Movies Suffused with nuance and aplomb, Jonathan Cohn's The Burden of Choice details the asymmetries of power and disputed logics of contemporary algorithmic culture--an outstanding contribution to digital studies. --John Cheney-Lippold author of We Are Data: Algorithms and The Making of Our Digital Selves Algorithmic recommendations aren't politically neutral. But, as Cohn details in this illuminating book, nor is their power absolute. The Burden of Choice is a primer on algorithmic dissidence, couched in a history of computational decision making. --Ted Striphas author of The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control Tired of Those Netflix and Amazon 'Recommendations'? Outwit the Algorithm, by Rebecca Dolan https: //www.wsj.com/articles/tired-of-those-netflix-and-amazon-recommendations-outwit-the-algorithm-11562776566?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1-- Wall Street Journal

Fascinating and timely, this exciting book explores the history of algorithms, recommendations, and suggestions. --Chuck Tryon author of On-Demand Culture: Digital Delivery and the Future of Movies Google's algorithms discriminate against women and people of colour, by Jonathan Cohn--The Conversation Tired of Those Netflix and Amazon 'Recommendations'? Outwit the Algorithm, by Rebecca Dolan https: //www.wsj.com/articles/tired-of-those-netflix-and-amazon-recommendations-outwit-the-algorithm-11562776566?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1--Wall Street Journal Algorithmic recommendations aren't politically neutral. But, as Cohn details in this illuminating book, nor is their power absolute. The Burden of Choice is a primer on algorithmic dissidence, couched in a history of computational decision making. --Ted Striphas author of The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control Suffused with nuance and aplomb, Jonathan Cohn's The Burden of Choice details the asymmetries of power and disputed logics of contemporary algorithmic culture--an outstanding contribution to digital studies. --John Cheney-Lippold author of We Are Data: Algorithms and The Making of Our Digital Selves

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JONATHAN COHN is an assistant professor at the University of Alberta in Canada.

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