A/B testing, 48, 82, 127
accountability, 13, 27, 35, 41–42, 43, 47, 52, 76, 129, 133, 141, 155, 157
actor-network theory, 30, 49, 51
Adresseavisen, 125, 131, 140, 144
afect, 13, 14, 17, 62–65, 93, 94–96, 100, 116–17 see also encounters with algorithms
afordances, 23, 131
Aftenposten, 58, 119, 121, 122, 123, 125, 128, 152
Aftonbladet, 133
agency, 16, 27, 42, 49, 50–51, 55, 56, 147, 151, 155, 156
Ahmed, Sara, 100, 156
Algol 58, 21
algorism, 20–21
algorithmic configurations, 16, 50, 55, 58, 63–64, 72, 143, 146, 151, 155–56
algorithmic culture, 31–32, 150
algorithmic decision-making, 34, 35, 41, 46, 53, 55
algorithmic discrimination, 29–30, 36, 39, 43, 45–46, 51, 55, 56, 102 see also bias; “racist” algorithms
algorithmic imaginary, 113–16, 117, 156–57
algorithmic life, 12, 13, 67, 149–59 see also orientations; technicity
algorithmic power and politics, 3–4, 8, 13–14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 23, 27, 34, 35, 41, 55, 119–20, 146–47, 151, 155, 159 see also encounters with algorithms; gatekeeping; government and governmentality; multiplicity of algorithms; ontological politics
in contemporary media landscape, 16, 18, 20, 32–40, 122
diagrammatics of algorithms, 72–74
micropolitics of power, 94, 116
algorithmic timeline, 39, 93, 112
al-Khwarizmi, Abdullah Muhammad bin Musa, 20–21
Amazon, 31, 51, 101, 102–3, 149, 153–54
Anderson, Benedict, 51, 94, 113, 114
Anderson, C.W., 29, 122, 124, 130
antiepistemology, 44
Apple Music, 54
architectural model of power, 73, 92, 95
architecture, 83, 84, 85, 89, 91, 114
Aristotle, 8, 11
artificial intelligence, 27, 56, 97, 151
Ashby, Ross, An Introduction to Cybernetics, 59–62
assemblages, 8, 22, 30, 50–51, 64, 82, 142, 144, 152, 155
auditing, 43, 45, 60
automation, 9, 25, 31, 32
autonomy, 13, 42, 72
Barad, Karen, 16, 49, 51, 120, 121, 125, 146, 154, 155
Barocas, Solon, 25–27, 53
Bayes’ theorem, 28, 61
Beer, David, 29, 33, 34, 103, 104, 114
Bennet, Jane, 49, 120
Berlingske, 143
bias, 35, 36, 39, 41, 45, 52–53, 55–56, 58, 86, 90, 106, 118, 120, 152, 154 see also algorithmic discrimination; “racist” algorithms
big data, 2, 25, 27, 28, 29, 32, 54, 130, 139, 150
black boxes, 16, 41, 42–47, 50, 56, 58, 59–60, 61, 64, 65 cybernetic notion, 43, 60, 61, 62, 77 opening up, 43–44, 45–46, 47, 50
blogging, 111, 123, 124
Bogost, Ian, 38–39
Boland, Brian, 85–86
Bosworth, Andrew, 70, 79
boundary-making practices, 146, 148, 152, 155, 157–59
business models, 6, 8, 48, 108, 128
calculation, 20, 32, 140
Callon, Michael, 32, 44, 50, 58, 143
categorization, 5, 10, 14–15, 102, 103, 115, 155
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