Research Catalog

The burden of choice recommendations, subversion, and algorithmic culture

Title: The burden of choice [electronic resource] : recommendations, subversion, and algorithmic culture / Jonathan Cohn.
Author: Cohn, Jonathan.
Publication: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2019]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

Item details
Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Not available - Please for assistance.	Text			Check with Staff

Holdings

Details

Description

1 online resource (ix, 226 pages) : illustrations.

Uniform Title

Burden of choice (Online)

Alternative Title

Burden of choice (Online)

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-220) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction: data fields of dreams -- A brief history of good choices -- Female labor and digital media : pattie maes and the birth of recommendation systems and social networking technologies -- Mapping the stars : Tivo, Netflix, and Digg's digital media distribution and talking back to algorithms -- Love's labor's logged : the weird science of matchmaking systems and its parodies -- The mirror phased : virtual cosmetic surgeries, beautification engines, and the embodied recommendation -- Conclusion: on handling toddlers and structuring the limits of knowledge -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

LCCN