How Computers Create Social Structures

Accidental Collectives

AvSilvio Carta

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

This book introduces the idea of accidental collectives: the grouping of people that occurs as a by-product of the automated work of computers. Once grouped by the invisible agency of software, people interact and establish new relationships, generating new collectives and communities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-18
Mått:148 x 210 x 12 mm
Vikt:293 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:113
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031628511

Utforska kategorier

Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Databaser inom Data och IT
Grafik och bildbehandling inom Data och IT

Mer om författaren

Silvio Carta is an architect (ARB/RIBA), Chartered Building Engineer (MCABE) and Professor of Architecture at the University of Greenwich. He is the author of Big Data, Code and the Discrete City: Shaping Public Realms (2019) and Machine Learning and the City: Applications in Architecture and Urban Design (2022).

Innehållsförteckning

.- Chapter 1: Introduction - Human Geography, Information and Communication Technology and Digital Sociology..- Chapter 2: The Role of Computers in the Generation of Social Groups..- Chapter 3: Collectives, Technology, Online Apps and Social Networks..- Chapter 4: Software, Automated Spatial Configurations and the Built Environment..- Chapter 5: Data Ethics, Fairness and Bias..- Chapter 6: Conclusion: The Future of Automatic and Accidental Collectives.