The challenges and limits of big data algorithms in technocratic governance

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 371-377

  Janssen, Marijn ^a   Kuk, George ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accountability; algorithm; big data; computational governance; curation; cybersecurity; governmentality; materiality; smart cities; technocratic governance; transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991799958     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2016.08.011     Document Type: Editorial

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