Comments on: How to Have Culture in an Algorithmic Age

By: Who Speaks for Culture? — The Late Age of Print « aepxc

Who Speaks for Culture? — The Late Age of Print « aepxc — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:27:23 +0000

[...] blogged off and on over the past 15 months about “algorithmic culture.” The subject first came to my [...]

By: Readings 7: Algorithmic Culture « Stephanie Keller

Readings 7: Algorithmic Culture « Stephanie Keller — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 04:42:33 +0000

[...] How to Have Culture in an Algorithmic Age The author expresses concern for what he calls the “algorithmic culture.” For example, Amazon generates its “Popular Highlights” page by making a “statistical determination of what is relevant.” Both “significance and meaningless are decided by a massive group of readers” and context is not taken into consideration. “For example, I may highlight a passage because I find it to be provocative or insightful. By the same token, I may find it to be objectionable, or boring, or grammatically troublesome, or confusing… when Amazon uploads your passages and begins aggregating them with those of other readers, this sense of context is lost.” This is troublesome because Amazon does not reveal its algorithm for the “Popular Highlights.” There is no way to question the validity of their decisions because it is proprietary information. More importantly, corporate secrecy is masked behind the notion that the “public has spoken.” [...]

By: Readings 7: Suggestions, Recommendations, and Algorithmic Culture « John's Blog

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:30:21 +0000

[...] How to Have Culture in an Algorithmic Age is basically telling us to not totally trust the algorithms. Though they are great and helpful, they can never factor in every aspect of the context in which a song, movie, passage, book, etc. can be graded. And in the case of Amazon, the dynamic of the algorithm is hidden, so it is impossible to tell exactly how it is interpreting the data we send it. In the example they mention with tracking Kindles, one person may highlight a sentence because it’s inspiring, while another may highlight it because of a grammar mistake. I think the author is recognizing the validity of recommender systems and at the same time acknowledging that culture will persevere with these algorithms. [...]

By: The Chutry Experiment » Wednesday Links

The Chutry Experiment » Wednesday Links — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:50:09 +0000

[...] Ted Striphas revisits the issue of “algorithmic culture” (something he considered previously a few months ago) which he discusses primarily in terms of Amazon’s recommendation [...]

By: Algorithmic Culture, Redux | Differences & Repetitions

Algorithmic Culture, Redux | Differences & Repetitions — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:21:31 +0000

[...] Culture, Redux Ted Striphas Back in June I blogged here about “Algorithmic Culture,” or the sorting, classifying, and hierarchizing of people, [...]

By: Algorithmic Culture, Redux — The Late Age of Print

Algorithmic Culture, Redux — The Late Age of Print — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:18:20 +0000

[...] 15th, 2011 | Algorithmic Culture Tweet Back in June I blogged here about “Algorithmic Culture,” or the sorting, classifying, and hierarchizing of people, [...]

By: Readings 7: Suggestions, Recommendations, and Algorithmic Culture « rantonic

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 03:50:36 +0000

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ryannnn89 — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 04:20:19 +0000

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By: Readings 7: Algorithmic Culture « aferry27

Readings 7: Algorithmic Culture « aferry27 — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:20:52 +0000

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By: Readings 7: Suggestions, Recommendations, and Algorithmic Culture « heyitsmichelle

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:32:01 +0000

[...] How to Have Culture in an Algorithmic Age by Ted Striphas [...]