Search Engine Society - 2nd Edition

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

List of contents

* Introduction
* Chapter 1: The Engines
* Chapter 2: Searching
* Chapter 3: Sociable Search
* Chapter 4: Attention
* Chapter 5: Knowledge and Democracy
* Chapter 6: Control
* Chapter 7: Privacy
* Chapter 8: Future Finding
* Notes
* Glossary
* Bibliography
* Index

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"Alex Halavais' Search Engine Society instantly became essential reading for all of us who cared how Google was shaping our minds and lives. It's clear, well organized, accessible, and deep. I'm excited to see this new and updated edition. I will assign it in classes and cite it for many years."
Siva Vaidhyanathan, The University of Virginia

Product details

• Authors: a Halavais, Alexander Halavais, Alexander M. Campbell Halavais, Halavais Alexander
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781509516834
• ISBN: 978-1-5095-1683-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 210 mm x 21 mm
• Series: DMS - Digital Media and Society; Digital Media and Society; Digital Media and Society; DMS - Digital Media and Society
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Kommunikation, Kulturwissenschaften, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Medienforschung, Communication & Media Studies, Kommunikation u. Medienforschung, Digitale Kultur im Informationszeitalter, Digital Culture & the Information Age, Spezialthemen Kommunikation u. Medienforschung, Communication & Media Studies Special Topics