{"product_id":"the-burden-of-choice-recommendations-subversion-and-algorithmic-culture-hardback-9780813597829","title":"The Burden of Choice; Recommendations, Subversion, and Algorithmic Culture (Hardback) 9780813597829","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Burden of Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRecommendations, Subversion, and Algorithmic Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJonathan Cohn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813597829\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 March 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages, 9 b-w images\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Suffused with nuance and aplomb, Jonathan Cohn's \u003ci\u003eThe Burden of Choice\u003c\/i\u003e details the asymmetries of power and disputed logics of contemporary algorithmic culture—an outstanding contribution to digital studies.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— John Cheney-Lippold, author of We Are Data: Algorithms and The Making of Our Digital Selves\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Algorithmic recommendations aren't politically neutral. But, as Cohn details in this illuminating book, nor is their power absolute. \u003ci\u003eThe Burden of Choice\u003c\/i\u003e is a primer on algorithmic dissidence, couched in a history of computational decision making.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Ted Striphas, author of The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Fascinating and timely, this exciting book explores the history of algorithms, recommendations, and suggestions.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Chuck Tryon, author of On-Demand Culture: Digital Delivery and the Future of Movies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/googles-algorithms-discriminate-against-women-and-people-of-colour-112516\"'\u003e\"Google's algorithms discriminate against women and people of colour,\" by Jonathan Cohn\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— The Conversation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tired-of-those-netflix-and-amazon-recommendations-outwit-the-algorithm-11562776566?mod=searchresults\u0026amp;page=1\u0026amp;pos=1\"'\u003e\"Tired of Those Netflix and Amazon 'Recommendations'? Outwit the Algorithm,\" by Rebecca Dolan\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tired-of-those-netflix-and-amazon-recommendations-outwit-the-algorithm-11562776566?mod=searchresults\u0026amp;page=1\u0026amp;pos=1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Wall Street Journal\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"In navigating the terrain of user agency and its subversive potential, this book adds another dimension to the literature on critical information studies.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Television and New Media\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"In navigating the terrain of user agency and its subversive potential, this book adds another dimension to the literature on critical information studies.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Television and New Media\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Algorithmic recommendations aren't politically neutral. But, as Cohn details in this illuminating book, nor is their power absolute. \u003ci\u003eThe Burden of Choice\u003c\/i\u003e is a primer on algorithmic dissidence, couched in a history of computational decision making.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Ted Striphas, author of The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Suffused with nuance and aplomb, Jonathan Cohn's \u003ci\u003eThe Burden of Choice\u003c\/i\u003e details the asymmetries of power and disputed logics of contemporary algorithmic culture—an outstanding contribution to digital studies.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— John Cheney-Lippold, author of We Are Data: Algorithms and The Making of Our Digital Selves\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/googles-algorithms-discriminate-against-women-and-people-of-colour-112516\"'\u003e\"Google's algorithms discriminate against women and people of colour,\" by Jonathan Cohn\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— The Conversation\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Fascinating and timely, this exciting book explores the history of algorithms, recommendations, and suggestions.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Chuck Tryon, author of On-Demand Culture: Digital Delivery and the Future of Movies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tired-of-those-netflix-and-amazon-recommendations-outwit-the-algorithm-11562776566?mod=searchresultspage=1pos=1\"'\u003e\"Tired of Those Netflix and Amazon 'Recommendations'? Outwit the Algorithm,\" by Rebecca Dolan\u003cbr\u003e https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tired-of-those-netflix-and-amazon-recommendations-outwit-the-algorithm-11562776566?mod=searchresultspage=1pos=1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e— Wall Street Journal\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Burden of Choice\u003c\/i\u003e examines how recommendations for products, media, news, romantic partners, and even cosmetic surgery operations are produced and experienced online. Fundamentally concerned with how the recommendation has come to serve as a form of control that frames a contemporary American as heteronormative, white, and well off, this book asserts that the industries that use these automated recommendations tend to ignore and obscure all other identities in the service of making the type of affluence they are selling appear commonplace. Focusing on the period from the mid-1990s to approximately 2010 (while this technology was still novel), Jonathan Cohn argues that automated recommendations and algorithms are far from natural, neutral, or benevolent. Instead, they shape and are shaped by changing conceptions of gender, sexuality, race, and class. With its cultural studies and humanities-driven methodologies focused on close readings, historical research, and qualitative analysis, \u003ci\u003eThe Burden of Choice\u003c\/i\u003e models a promising avenue for the study of algorithms and culture.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Data Fields of Dreams\u003cbr\u003e 1 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Brief History of Good Choices\u003cbr\u003e 2 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Female Labor and Digital Media: \u003cbr\u003e Pattie Maes and the Birth of Recommendation Systems and Social Networking Technologies \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mapping the Stars: \u003cbr\u003e TiVo, Netflix, and Digg's Digital Media Distribution and Talking Back to Algorithms\u003cbr\u003e 4 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Love's Labor's Logged: The Weird Science of Matchmaking Systems and Its Parodies\u003cbr\u003e 5 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Mirror Phased: Virtual Cosmetic Surgeries, Beautification Engines, and the Embodied Recommendation\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: \u003cbr\u003e On Handling Toddlers and Structuring the Limits of Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52563730202904,"sku":"9780813597829","price":91.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-burden-of-choice-recommendations-subversion-and-algorithmic-culture-hardback-9780813597829","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}