Interface Politics. Table K. Fernanda Pires. "Facebook’s Algorithms and its Opaque Design of Transparency"
Table K: Unfollow & Dislike "Facebook’s Algorithms and its Opaque Design of Transparency" As a fundamental mathematical concept and the basis of modern computing, algorithms have become an omnipresent idea to describe the power that computational processes have in contemporary life (Fuller and Harwood, 2015). This polysemic notion is at the core of the discussions about the so-called ‘smarter’ digital interfaces. It is part of a rising sociotechnical phenomenon: the usage of automated mechanisms of prediction in digital media as key actors for a new economy of attention (Bucher, 2012). + INFO: www.gredits.org/interfacepolitics/en/facebooks-algorithms-and-its-opaque-design-of-transparency-perceptions-of-followers-of-the-most-popular-brazilian-tv-show-on-their-news-feed-3/
