Bogklub #19 – The Feel of Algorithms af Minna Ruckenstein

I dag handler bogklubben om følelser og sociologi, og bogen som er i centrum for podcastet er Minna Ruckensteins “The Feel of Algorithms“. Fremlagt af Jesper, der starter med at spørge: kender I den følelse når en “klog algoritme” serverer en “målrettet” reklame, som man synes skyder helt ved siden af?

Beskrivelse af bogen, fra forlagets hjemmeside:

Why do we feel excited, afraid, and frustrated by algorithms? The Feel of Algorithms brings relatable first-person accounts of what it means to experience algorithms emotionally alongside interdisciplinary social science research, to reveal how political and economic processes are felt in the everyday. People’s algorithm stories might fail to separate fact and misconception, and circulate wishful, erroneous, or fearful views of digital technologies. Yet rather than treating algorithmic folklore as evidence of ignorance, this novel book explains why personal anecdotes are an important source of algorithmic knowledge.