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The black box society : the secret algorithms behind money and information / Frank Pasquale.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2015.Description: 311 p. 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780674368279
  • 0674368274
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.6 PAS
Contents:
The need to know -- Digital reputation in an era of runaway data -- The hidden logics of search -- Finance\'s algorithms : the emperor\'s new codes -- Watching (and improving) the watchers -- Toward an intelligible society -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan Clonmel Library Main Collection 303.6 PAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100662593

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Every day, corporations are connecting the dots about our personal behavior--silently scrutinizing clues left behind by our work habits and Internet use. But who connects the dots about what firms are doing with all this information? Frank Pasquale exposes how powerful interests abuse secrecy for profit and explains ways to rein them in.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The need to know -- Digital reputation in an era of runaway data -- The hidden logics of search -- Finance\'s algorithms : the emperor\'s new codes -- Watching (and improving) the watchers -- Toward an intelligible society -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Introduction-The Need to Know (p. 1)
  • 2 Digital Reputation in an Era of Runaway Data (p. 19)
  • 3 The Hidden Logics of Search (p. 59)
  • 4 Finance's Algorithms: The Emperors New Codes (p. 101)
  • 5 Watching (and Improving) the Watchers (p. 140)
  • 6 Toward an Intelligible Society (p. 189)
  • Notes (p. 221)
  • Acknowledgments (p. 305)
  • Index (p. 307)

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