Carta, Silvio ORCID: 0000-0002-7586-3121 (2024) How Computers Create Social Structures: Accidental Collectives. Palgrave Macmillan - Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3031628542; 978-3031628528; 978-3031628511

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Abstract

This book introduces the idea of accidental collectives: the grouping of people that occurs as a by-product of the automated work of computers. Software has a growing influence in our lives automating and optimising mundane, time-consuming and repetitive tasks. In doing this, groups of people are automatically created as the result of classification and data analysis. Once grouped by the invisible agency of software, people interact and establish new relationships, generating new collectives and communities. With the support of case studies and real-life examples, this work explores the accidental nature of the generation of new social groups and questions the role of software in social interactions.

Item Type:	Book
Uncontrolled Keywords:	data analytics, human-computer interaction, machine learning, data ethics, AI, digital ethics, digital humanities, computational design, urban informatics, software, differential privacy, big Data, human geography
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) N Fine Arts > NA Architecture T Technology > T Technology (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Design (DES)
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Last Modified:	05 Nov 2024 13:44
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/48452

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