Algorithmic ideology: How capitalist society shapes search engines

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 769-787

  Mager, Astrid ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Google; ideology; information economy; new spirit of capitalism; search engine; social construction of technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861981083     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2012.676056     Document Type: Article

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