Book review: Safiya Umoja Noble, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism.
Library classification systems, like the Google algorithm, are shaped by the dominant systems of power we are accustomed to exploring as cultural studies scholars, but some of their power lies in how decision-making around algorithmic design remain invisible, proprietary and unaccountable. Here, Nob...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Cultural Studies Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 780 - 784 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jun2021
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