Can an Algorithm be Agonistic? Ten Scenes from Life in Calculated Publics

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 77-92

  Crawford, Kate ^a,b,c  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

agonistic pluralism; algorithms; platforms; politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948678701     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243915589635     Document Type: Article

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