Algorithms of OppressionHow Search Engines Reinforce Racism
How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Safiya Umoja Noble
ISBN: | 9781479837243 |
Publisher: | NYU Press |
Published: | 20 February, 2018 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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Algorithms of OppressionHow Search Engines Reinforce Racism
How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Safiya Umoja Noble
In Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination is a real social problem. Noble argues that the combination of private interests in promoting certain sites, along with the near-monopoly status of a relatively small number of Internet search engines, leads to a biased set of search algorithms that privilege whiteness and discriminate against people of color, especially women of color. Through an analysis of textual and media searches as well as extensive research on paid online advertising, Noble exposes a culture of racism and sexism in the way discoverability is created online. As search engines and their related companies grow in importance-operating as a source for email, a major vehicle for primary and secondary school learning, and beyond-understanding and reversing these disquieting trends and discriminatory practices are of utmost importance. An original, surprising, and, at times, disturbing account of bias on the Internet, Algorithms of Oppression contributes to our understanding of how racism is created, maintained, and disseminated in the twenty-first century.
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