Data versus democracy : how big data algorithms shape opinions and alter the course of history /

Human attention is in the highest demand it has ever been. The drastic increase in available information has compelled individuals to find a way to sift through the media that is literally at their fingertips. Content recommendation systems have emerged as the technological solution to this social a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shaffer, Kris (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [New York] : Apress, [2019]
Temas:
Big data > Social aspects.
Big data > Political aspects.
Information technology > Social aspects.
Information technology > Political aspects.
Données volumineuses > Aspect social.
Données volumineuses > Aspect politique.
Technologie de l'information > Aspect social.
Technologie de l'information > Aspect politique.
Big data > Political aspects
Big data > Social aspects
Information technology > Political aspects
Information technology > Social aspects
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • About the author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: From scarcity to abundance
  • Part I: The propaganda problem. Chapter 1. Pay attention: how information abundance affects the way we consume media
  • Chapter 2, Cog in the system: how the limits of our brains leave us vulnerable to cognitive hacking
  • Chapter 3. Swimming upstream: how content recommendation engines impact information and manipulate our attention
  • Part II: Case studies. Chapter 4. Domestic disturbance: Ferguson, GamerGate, and the rise of the American alt-right
  • Chapter 5. Democracy hacked, part 1: Russian interference and the new Cold War
  • Chapter 6. Democracy hacked, part 2: rumors, bots, and genocide in the global South
  • Chapter 7. Conclusion: Where do we go from here?
  • Index.

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