id
	16752
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/16752
Resource template
	Book Section
Resource class
	bibo:BookSection
Title
	Neither Black Nor Box: Ways of Knowing Algorithms
Creator
	Bucher, Taina
Publisher
	Springer International Publishing
Date
	2016
Language
	eng
Abstract
	Bucher uses the concept of the black box as a heuristic device to discuss the nature of algorithms in contemporary media platforms, and how we, as scholars and students interested in this nature, might attend to and study algorithms, despite, or even because of, their seemingly secret nature. The argument is made that despite the usefulness in pointing out some of the epistemological challenges relating to algorithms, the figure of the black box constitutes somewhat of a distraction from other, perhaps more pressing, questions and issues. Moving beyond the notion that algorithms are black boxes, the chapter synthesizes and extends existing approaches and makes a case for using well-known methods to new domains, not only generating knowledge about emerging issues and practices, but contributing to (re)inventing methods.
Is Part Of
	Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research
Spatial Coverage
	Cham
Editor
	Kubitschko, Sebastian
	Kaun, Anne
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40700-5_5
Isbn
	978-3-319-40700-5
Pages
	81-98
Short title
	Neither Black Nor Box
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/HYLVBTQPitem-list

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