SUMMARY.md

Summary

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 - The avalanche of choice and algorithms
  • 1.1 - Algorithms have replaced human beings as (quantitatively) primary agenda setters and gatekeepers
  • 1.2 - What is an algorithm
• Chapter 2 - The decontextualization of algorithmic systems
  • 2.1 - Automated selection is an approximation of the human process
  • 2.2 - Quantitative efficiency over qualitative meaningfulness
• Chapter 3 - Implementation challenges
  • 3.1 - Bias in automated selection
  • 3.2 - Self-perpetuation of relevance
  • 3.3 - Restriction of content
• Chapter 4 - Conclusions
  • 4.1 - Change in type of content
  • 4.2 - Change in journalistic agenda setting
  • 4.3 - Change in trust relationship
  • 4.4 - Mitigation techniques
• Bibliography