Living with Algorithms
Agency and User Culture in Costa Rica
- Paperback
234 pages
- Release Date
23 May 2023
Summary
We live in a media-saturated society that increasingly transforms our experiences, relations, and identities into data others can analyze and monetize. Algorithms are key to this process, surveilling our most mundane practices, and to many, their control over our lives seems absolute.
In Living with Algorithms, Ignacio Siles critically challenges this view by surveying user dynamics in the global south across three algorithmic platforms—Netflix, Spotify, and TikTok—and finds,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262545426 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 026254542X |
| Author: | Ignacio Siles |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 234 |
| Release Date: | 23 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Ignacio Siles
Ignacio Siles is a professor of media and technology studies in the School of Communication at Universidad de Costa Rica. He is the author of A Transnational History of the Internet in Central America- Networks, Integration, and Development and Networked Selves- Trajectories of Blogging in the United States and France.
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