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Search engine society / Alexander Halavais.

By: Series: Digital media and societyPublisher: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2018Edition: Second editionDescription: v, 290 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781509516827
  • 9781509516834
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Search engine societyDDC classification:
  • 303.48/33 23
LOC classification:
  • HM851 .H343 2018
Contents:
Introduction -- The engines -- Searching -- Sociable search -- Attention -- Knowledge and democracy -- Control -- Privacy -- Future finding.
Summary: "Search engines have become a key part of our everyday lives. Yet there is growing concern with how algorithms, which run just beneath the surface of our interactions online, are affecting society. This timely new edition of Search Engine Society enlightens readers on the forms of bias that algorithms introduce into our knowledge and social spaces, drawing on recent changes to technology, industries, policies, and research. It provides an introduction to the social place of the search engine and addresses crucial questions such as: How have search engines changed the way we organize our thoughts about the world, and how we work?;To what extent do politics shape search, and does search shape politics? "--Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Training Library Non-fiction HM851.H343 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available M3569233

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-285) and index.

Introduction -- The engines -- Searching -- Sociable search -- Attention -- Knowledge and democracy -- Control -- Privacy -- Future finding.

"Search engines have become a key part of our everyday lives. Yet there is growing concern with how algorithms, which run just beneath the surface of our interactions online, are affecting society. This timely new edition of Search Engine Society enlightens readers on the forms of bias that algorithms introduce into our knowledge and social spaces, drawing on recent changes to technology, industries, policies, and research. It provides an introduction to the social place of the search engine and addresses crucial questions such as: How have search engines changed the way we organize our thoughts about the world, and how we work?;To what extent do politics shape search, and does search shape politics? "--Provided by publisher.