Algorithmic IF … THEN rules and the conditions and consequences of power

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 45-62

  Neyland, Daniel ^a   Möllers, Norma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

algorithms; association; Surveillance privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962588343     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2016.1156141     Document Type: Article

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