Search Engine Society
eBook - ePub

Search Engine Society

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eBook - ePub

Search Engine Society

About this book

Search engines have become a key part of our everyday lives. Yet there is growing concern with how algorithms, which run just beneath the surface of our interactions online, are affecting society. This timely new edition of Search Engine Society enlightens readers on the forms of bias that algorithms introduce into our knowledge and social spaces, drawing on recent changes to technology, industries, policies, and research. It provides an introduction to the social place of the search engine and addresses crucial questions such as:

  • How have search engines changed the way we organize our thoughts about the world, and how we work?
  • To what extent do politics shape search, and does search shape politics?

This bookis a must-read for those who wish to understand the future of the social internet and how search shapes it.

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Information

Publisher
Polity
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781509516834, 9781509516827
eBook ISBN
9781509516865
Edition
2
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Media Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 The Engines
  6. 2 Searching
  7. 3 Sociable Search
  8. 4 Attention
  9. 5 Knowledge and Democracy
  10. 6 Control
  11. 7 Privacy
  12. 8 Future Finding
  13. Glossary
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index
  16. End User License Agreement

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