From Ideology to Algorithm: the Opaque Politics of the Internet.

The article offers the author's insights on the role of algorithm in controlling Internet data flow. Topics discussed by the author include the use of algorithmic processes to link search terms with product advertising, the essay "The Work of Art in the Age of its Technical Reproducibility," by Walt...

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Publicado en:Transformations (1444-3775) no. 23; pp. 1 - 10
Autor principal: Snake-Beings, Emit
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Transformations 2013
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Sumario:The article offers the author's insights on the role of algorithm in controlling Internet data flow. Topics discussed by the author include the use of algorithmic processes to link search terms with product advertising, the essay "The Work of Art in the Age of its Technical Reproducibility," by Walter Benjamin, and the ideal of the public sphere of sociologist Jürgen Habermas on Internet in his work "Theory of Communicative Action."