Category: Wk 6: Attention, Persuasion, Resistance
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Algorithms Are Programmed With Bias
This blog describes the risks and biases discussed by Estee Beck that creators place into algorithms that are programmed to accommodate users.
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Algorithms aka Little Stalkers
This post follows Zeynep Tufekci’s article and observes how algorithms trace and creates profiles for its users and how that can impact what they see.
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Is My Algorithm Making Decisions for Me?
Can algorithms influence more than your feed? Exploring how computer code shapes what we see, what we want, and how others judge us.
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Code and Why It’s Important
A response to Isabelle Nieves’ “Code”, why people should pay more attention to the platforms they use and how it’s programmed.
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Wk6 Blog: Collect, Analyze, Imagine, Teach
Algorithims judge us just being black because of the New Jim Code. Because of the hate of the past that comes back to the present.
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Online Activity
Women using iPad while codes are behind her. Everything she does is taken as information for algorithms to use later for feeds.
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Why Computer Algorithms Are Not as Neutral as They Seem
Persuasive computer algorithms influence what we see online and how decisions are made, raising questions about bias, fairness, and responsibility.
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A Deeper Dive into Algorithms
the impact of these opaque algorithms and how their decision-making introduces us to novel harms such as lack of accountability, privacy violations…
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Biased Data
They need to look at and acknowledge bias, historical context, and who benefits from an unfaithful interpretation and portrayal of Data.
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How Algorithms are Always Deciding
Algorithms shape what people see online and can reveal more than users realize. This post reflects on their hidden influence and power.
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How Communities Use Counterdata
D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein show how communities weaponize data science. Historical maps and counterdata challenge systematic institutional power.
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Algorithms in Digital Rhetoric
New week, new blog post. This time I read “A Theory of Persuasive Computer Algorithms for Rhetorical Code Studies” by Estee Beck.
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How Algorithms Influence Us Without Us Realizing
Algorithms are a big part of our everyday lives, even when we don’t really notice them. They decide what posts we see on social media,
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How Algorithms Influence the Way We Learn Online
As an education student, I explore how computer algorithms influence what we see online and why understanding technology matters in my future classroom.
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Coding Isn’t Neutral, It’s Rhetorical
This article explores the ways in which code– which is often claimed to be neutral–actually isn’t neutral and can contain the rhetoric of it’s composer.