Tag: algorithms
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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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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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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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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 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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Power in Algorithm
Power in Algorithm and agency stood out. Algorithms seem to run a lot of parts of human life now, given that we are so technologically advanced
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Algorthims and Confirmation Bias
The meer existence of algorithms create a cycle of influencers doing their best to take advantage of the way any one works.
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Just Scrolling? How Social Media Shapes Our Feelings
Just scrolling can influence more than we realize. This week’s reading explores how social media habits shape our emotions and responses to information.
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“Freedom Is…”
I hate when teachers, professors, whatever, give me free rein. When they hit you with write about whatever you want some people get excited.
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Protect your (writing) piece!
I’ve yet to realize, after about 12 years of being on the internet, up until recently just how much everything we do on the internet
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Defining Digital Rhetoric In All Forms
With our knowledge of technology, we can persuade through different rhetorical symbols within media. But, how do we define digital rhetoric?
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Privacy and Algorithms
When you are made privy to just how our digital information is used and stored, it provides new meaning to the term “doom scrolling.”
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Agency: Personalized Privacy
When we allow our platforms and devices to make decisions for us, we give up our agency and lose control of our lives. How can we resist?