The Feel of Algorithms

Minna Ruckenstein

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English

University of California Press
17 August 2023

Impact of science & technology on society; Computing: general; Ethical & social aspects of computing; Algorithms & data structures; Human-computer interaction

Why do we feel excited, afraid, and frustrated by algorithms?

This book explores the cultural shift in society that promotes and relies on affectively charged technology relations. Bringing relatable first-person accounts of what it means to experience algorithms emotionally alongside research developed across anthropology, sociology, media and communication studies, and science and technology studies, The Feel of Algorithms reveals how political-economic processes are felt in the everyday, as we learn about the digital geography of fear and the current lack of collective resources to build algorithmic systems. Minna Ruckenstein builds on the notion that everyday practices are not merely subject to algorithmic logic; rather, people actively respond to and live with data and algorithms, ranging from actual technical operations to their imagined effects. The pleasures, fears, and frustrations come together to produce a blueprint of how such systems should be combined with human aims and efforts. The narrated emotional reactions are not simply individual responses; they tell a more generalizable story of structures of feeling and related attempts to live well with algorithmic systems. The Feel of Algorithms demonstrates that human capacities and aims need active fostering in the algorithmic era. The structures of feeling aid in recognizing troubling practices, but they also call for alternatives that are currently ignored and suppressed.

By: Minna Ruckenstein
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780520394551
ISBN 10: 0520394550
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 17 August 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Minna Ruckenstein is Professor in Emerging Technologies in Society at the University of Helsinki.

Reviews for The Feel of Algorithms

""Ruckenstein’s book offers a much-needed challenge to the pervasive analogy between algorithms and rationality and the obsession with intelligence."" * Journal of Communication * ""Minna Ruckenstein’s carefully composed new book predominantly sees algorithms through the lens of those engaging with their outputs. In its pages algorithms take on a material form fleshed."" * Information, Communication & Society * ""Minna Ruckenstein’s The Feel of Algorithms is a welcome intervention in the conversations about the multifaceted impacts of algorithms on our lives and society at large."" * Social & Cultural Geography * “The work is recommended for academics and students with interdisciplinary backgrounds to receive technological insight with broad human and social perspectives. The book is also highly recommended for professionals and policymakers in the tech industry, as it offers critical insight into the structure of human feelings and emotions driven by algorithms, facilitating the development of human-centered practices. Ethicists, philosophers, activists, and tech advocates will find this book invaluable to understanding individual agency with ethical and societal dilemmas. Lastly, tech-curious readers will have an accessible look into the impact of algorithms on society and how their personal experience can be interpreted in this era of algorithms.” * International Journal of Communication *