Algorithmic authority: The ethics, politics, and economics of algorithms that interpret, decide, and manage

Caitlin Lustig; Kathleen Pine; Bonnie Nardi; Lilly Irani; Min Kyung Lee; Dawn Nafus; Christian Sandvig

doi:10.1145/2851581.2886426

Algorithmic authority: The ethics, politics, and economics of algorithms that interpret, decide, and manage

Caitlin Lustig, Kathleen Pine, Bonnie Nardi, Lilly Irani, Min Kyung Lee, Dawn Nafus, Christian Sandvig

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

45 Scopus citations

Abstract

This panel will explore algorithmic authority as it manifests and plays out across multiple domains. Algorithmic authority refers to the power of algorithms to manage human action and influence what information is accessible to users. Algorithms increasingly have the ability to affect everyday life, work practices, and economic systems through automated decision-making and interpretation of "big data". Cases of algorithmic authority include algorithmically curating news and social media feeds, evaluating job performance, matching dates, and hiring and firing employees. This panel will bring together researchers of quantified self, healthcare, digital labor, social media, and the sharing economy to deepen the emerging discourses on the ethics, politics, and economics of algorithmic authority in multiple domains.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CHI EA 2016: #chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	1057-1062
Number of pages	6
Volume	07-12-May-2016
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450340823
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2886426
State	Published - May 7 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2016 - San Jose, United States Duration: May 7 2016 → May 12 2016

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Other	34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	5/7/16 → 5/12/16

Keywords

Algorithmic authority
Algorithmic management
Algorithms
Critical algorithm studies
Crowdwork
Digital labor
Ethics
Healthcare
Policy
Political economy of computing
Quantified self
Sharing economy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Software

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Lustig, C., Pine, K., Nardi, B., Irani, L., Lee, M. K., Nafus, D., & Sandvig, C. (2016). Algorithmic authority: The ethics, politics, and economics of algorithms that interpret, decide, and manage. In CHI EA 2016: #chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Vol. 07-12-May-2016, pp. 1057-1062). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2886426

Algorithmic authority : The ethics, politics, and economics of algorithms that interpret, decide, and manage. / Lustig, Caitlin; Pine, Kathleen; Nardi, Bonnie; Irani, Lilly; Lee, Min Kyung; Nafus, Dawn; Sandvig, Christian.

CHI EA 2016: #chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Vol. 07-12-May-2016 Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. p. 1057-1062.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Lustig, C, Pine, K, Nardi, B, Irani, L, Lee, MK, Nafus, D & Sandvig, C 2016, Algorithmic authority: The ethics, politics, and economics of algorithms that interpret, decide, and manage. in CHI EA 2016: #chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. vol. 07-12-May-2016, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 1057-1062, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2016, San Jose, United States, 5/7/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2886426

Lustig C, Pine K, Nardi B, Irani L, Lee MK, Nafus D et al. Algorithmic authority: The ethics, politics, and economics of algorithms that interpret, decide, and manage. In CHI EA 2016: #chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Vol. 07-12-May-2016. Association for Computing Machinery. 2016. p. 1057-1062 https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2886426

Lustig, Caitlin ; Pine, Kathleen ; Nardi, Bonnie ; Irani, Lilly ; Lee, Min Kyung ; Nafus, Dawn ; Sandvig, Christian. / Algorithmic authority : The ethics, politics, and economics of algorithms that interpret, decide, and manage. CHI EA 2016: #chi4good - Extended Abstracts, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Vol. 07-12-May-2016 Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. pp. 1057-1062

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