Defining algorithmic ideology: Using ideology critique to scrutinize corporate search engines

TripleC

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-39

  Mager, Astrid ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Capitalism; Critical theory; Ideology; Net politics; Search engine; Social movements; Social practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894295000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1726670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31269/vol12iss1pp28-39     Document Type: Article

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