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Big Data & Society· 2017Q1

Algorithms as culture: Some tactics for the ethnography of algorithmic systems

Nick Seaver

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This paper argues for treating algorithms as 'culture'—heterogeneous, diffuse sociotechnical systems—rather than rigid formulas, proposing ethnographic tactics for studying them as enacted through diverse practices.

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Field: Human-Computer Interaction

Human-Computer InteractionComputer Science