Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond - Theorising Society and Culture of the 21st Century

This volume brings together eminent scholars from various parts of the world, representing different fields of knowledge in order to explore the social, cultural, political, and economic effects of the development of new technologies.

List of contents

Theorising the Algorithmic Condition: Challenges, Strategies, and Perspectives Part I: The Algorithmic Revolution: New Theoretical Frameworks 1. A Theory of Algorithmic Sociality (TaS) 2. Theorising Artificial Intelligence as Practice Part II: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and the Theories of Modernity 3. Images of Algorithmic Modernity: Agency and Autonomy in the Age of Predictive Analytics 4. Zuckerberg's Cave: Smartness and Discipline in Digital Modernity Part III: Theory, Culture, and Society in the Algorithmic Condition 5. Algorithmic Nostalgia: Longing for the Past in the Age of Artificial Intelligence 6. Socio-Cultural Artificial Intelligence (SCAI) and Journalism: A Transdisciplinary Perspective in Media and Communication Studies 7. Narrating AI Stories: Selected Strategies Part IV: Theorising AI-Driven Power and Politics 8. If (world2vec) Then vec2politics: On Machine Learning and the Performativity of Recursive Power 9. Generative AI, Big Tech and the Value of Political Economy Analysis for the Sociology of Artificial Intelligence 10. Four Models of Algorithmic Bureaucracy in China Part V: Critical Theory of Artificial Intelligence 11. Social Inequalities and Artificial Intelligence: How Digital Inequality Scholarship Enhances Our Understanding 12. AI Racial Bias: How Text-to-Image Artificial Intelligence Generators Construct Prestigious Professions

About the author

Dariusz Brzezi¿ski is Associate Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland and a Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds, UK.
Kamil Filipek is Assistant Professor in the Department of Economic Sociology and Social Research Methods at Maria Curie-Sk¿odowska University in Lublin (UMCS), Poland.
Kuba Piwowar is Assistant Professor at the Department of Culture and Media at the SWPS University in Warsaw, Poland.
Malgorzata Winiarska-Brodowska is Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism and International Communication at the Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.

Summary

This volume brings together eminent scholars from various parts of the world, representing different fields of knowledge in order to explore the social, cultural, political, and economic effects of the development of new technologies.

Product details

• Authors: Dariusz (Polish Academy of Sciences Brzezinski
• Assisted by: Dariusz Brzeziński (Editor), Kamil Filipek (Editor), Kuba Piwowar (Editor), Malgorzata Winiarska-Brodowska (Editor), Małgorzata Winiarska-Brodowska (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032646916
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3264691-6
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Antinomies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Sociology, Cultural Studies, Artificial Intelligence, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, COMPUTERS / Programming / Algorithms, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, algorithms and data structures, Communication Studies, Algorithms & data structures, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General