Decoding algorithms

In this article, we propose to adapt the communication theory concept of ‘decoding’ as a sensitizing device to probe how people come to know and understand algorithms, what they imagine algorithms to do, and their valorization of and responses to algorithmic work in daily media use. We posit the con...

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Published in:	Media, culture & society Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 745 - 761
Main Authors:	Lomborg, Stine, Kapsch, Patrick Heiberg
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2020 Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:	Activities of daily living Algorithms Communication Communication theory Cultural values Decoding Digital media Everyday life Justice Mass media Semiotics Sociocultural factors Transparency algorithms communicative agency tactics circumventing algorithmic profiling encoding/decoding
ISSN:	0163-4437, 1460-3675
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