Bibliograph

Discriminating data, correlation, neighborhoods, and the new politics of recognition, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun ; mathematical illustrations by Alex Barnett

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Label

Discriminating data, correlation, neighborhoods, and the new politics of recognition, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun ; mathematical illustrations by Alex Barnett

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Discriminating data

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun ; mathematical illustrations by Alex Barnett

Sub title

correlation, neighborhoods, and the new politics of recognition

Summary

"How can we release ourselves from the vice-like grip of discriminatory data? Chun calls for alternative algorithms, defaults, and interdisciplinary coalitions in order to desegregate networks and foster a more democratic big data."

Table Of Contents

Introduction : how to destroy the world, one solution at a time -- Red pill toxicity, or liberation envy -- Correlating eugenics -- The transgressive hypothesis -- Homophily, or the swarming of the segregated neighborhood -- Proxies, or reconstructing the unknown -- Algorithmic authenticity -- Correlating ideology, or what lies at the surface -- Recognizing recognition -- The space between us -- Coda : living in difference

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