Airoldi Massimo
Airoldi Massimo - Machine Habitus Toward A Sociology Of Algorithms - Paperback
Airoldi Massimo - Machine Habitus Toward A Sociology Of Algorithms - Paperback
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Description: We commonly think of society as made of and by humans but with the proliferation of machine learning and AI technologies this is clearly no longer the case. Billions of automated systems tacitly contribute to the social construction of reality by drawing algorithmic distinctions between the visible and the invisible the relevant and the irrelevant the likely and the unlikely on and beyond platforms. Drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu this book develops an original sociology of algorithms as social agents actively participating in social life. Through a wide range of examples Massimo Airoldi shows how society shapes algorithmic code and how this culture in the code guides the practical behaviour of the code in the culture shaping society in turn. The machine habitus is the generative mechanism at work throughout myriads of feedback loops linking humans with artificial social agents in the context of digital infrastructures and pre - digital social structures. Machine Habitus will be of great interest to students and scholars in sociology media and cultural studies science and technology studies and information technology and to anyone interested in the growing role of algorithms and AI in our social and cultural life.
Title: Machine Habitus Toward A Sociology Of Algorithms
Author(s): Airoldi Massimo
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Barcode: 9781509543281
Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Date: 12/17/2021
Category: Society & Culture: General
Description: We commonly think of society as made of and by humans but with the proliferation of machine learning and AI technologies this is clearly no longer the case. Billions of automated systems tacitly contribute to the social construction of reality by drawing algorithmic distinctions between the visible and the invisible the relevant and the irrelevant the likely and the unlikely on and beyond platforms. Drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu this book develops an original sociology of algorithms as social agents actively participating in social life. Through a wide range of examples Massimo Airoldi shows how society shapes algorithmic code and how this culture in the code guides the practical behaviour of the code in the culture shaping society in turn. The machine habitus is the generative mechanism at work throughout myriads of feedback loops linking humans with artificial social agents in the context of digital infrastructures and pre - digital social structures. Machine Habitus will be of great interest to students and scholars in sociology media and cultural studies science and technology studies and information technology and to anyone interested in the growing role of algorithms and AI in our social and cultural life.
Title: Machine Habitus Toward A Sociology Of Algorithms
Author(s): Airoldi Massimo
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Barcode: 9781509543281
Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Date: 12/17/2021
Category: Society & Culture: General
