The Googlization of everything : and why we should worry /

What is the nature of the transaction between Google's computer algorithms and its millions of human users? Are we heading down a path toward a more enlightened age, or are we approaching a dystopia of social control and surveillance? With these and other questions, University of Virginia media...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Vaidhyanathan, Siva (Συγγραφέας)
Μορφή: Βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011
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