A guideline for understanding and measuring algorithmic governance in everyday life

Algorithmic governance affects individuals’ reality construction and consequently social order in societies. Vague concepts of algorithmic governance and the lack of comprehensive empirical insights into this kind of institutional steering by software from a user perspective may, however, lead to un...

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Main Authors: Michael Latzer, Noemi Festic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society 2019-06-01
Series:Internet Policy Review
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Online Access:https://policyreview.info/node/1415
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description Algorithmic governance affects individuals’ reality construction and consequently social order in societies. Vague concepts of algorithmic governance and the lack of comprehensive empirical insights into this kind of institutional steering by software from a user perspective may, however, lead to unrealistic risk assessments and premature policy conclusions. Therefore, this paper offers a theoretical model to measure the significance of algorithmic governance and an empirical mixed-methods approach to test it in different life domains. Applying this guideline should lead to a more nuanced understanding of the actual significance of algorithmic governance, thus contributing to an empirically better-informed risk assessment and governance of algorithms.
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spelling doaj-art-0f9f164742b1478fa1af18c6dce2be1c2025-08-20T03:16:04ZengAlexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and SocietyInternet Policy Review2197-67752019-06-018210.14763/2019.2.1415A guideline for understanding and measuring algorithmic governance in everyday lifeMichael Latzer0Noemi Festic1University of ZurichUniversity of ZurichAlgorithmic governance affects individuals’ reality construction and consequently social order in societies. Vague concepts of algorithmic governance and the lack of comprehensive empirical insights into this kind of institutional steering by software from a user perspective may, however, lead to unrealistic risk assessments and premature policy conclusions. Therefore, this paper offers a theoretical model to measure the significance of algorithmic governance and an empirical mixed-methods approach to test it in different life domains. Applying this guideline should lead to a more nuanced understanding of the actual significance of algorithmic governance, thus contributing to an empirically better-informed risk assessment and governance of algorithms.https://policyreview.info/node/1415Algorithmic governancePolicymakingReality constructionEveryday lifeMixed-methods
spellingShingle Michael Latzer
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A guideline for understanding and measuring algorithmic governance in everyday life
Internet Policy Review
Algorithmic governance
Policymaking
Reality construction
Everyday life
Mixed-methods
title A guideline for understanding and measuring algorithmic governance in everyday life
title_full A guideline for understanding and measuring algorithmic governance in everyday life
title_fullStr A guideline for understanding and measuring algorithmic governance in everyday life
title_full_unstemmed A guideline for understanding and measuring algorithmic governance in everyday life
title_short A guideline for understanding and measuring algorithmic governance in everyday life
title_sort guideline for understanding and measuring algorithmic governance in everyday life
topic Algorithmic governance
Policymaking
Reality construction
Everyday life
Mixed-methods
url https://policyreview.info/node/1415
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