Big Data from the bottom up

This short article argues that an adequate response to the implications for governance raised by ‘Big Data’ requires much more attention to agency and reflexivity than theories of ‘algorithmic power’ have so far allowed. It develops this through two contrasting examples: the sociological study of so...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nick Couldry, Alison Powell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-07-01
Series:Big Data & Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951714539277