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100			_aJohn Cheney-Lippold
245			_aWe are data _bAlgorithms and the making of our digital selves
260			_bSage Publications _c2018 _aNew York
300			_axiii, 317 p.
504			_aInclude Index
520			_aWhat identity means in an algorithmic age—how it works, how our lives are controlled by it, and how we can resist it. Algorithms are everywhere, organizing the near limitless data that exists in our world. Derived from our every search, like, click, and purchase, algorithms determine the news we get, the ads we see, the information accessible to us, and even who our friends are. These complex configurations create and recreate us, using our data to assign and reassign our gender, race, sexuality, and citizenship status. They can recognize us as celebrities or mark us as terrorists. In this era of ubiquitous surveillance, we have no control over who we are algorithmically. Our identities are made useful not for us, but for someone else. Through a series of entertaining and engaging examples, John Cheney-Lippold draws on the social constructions of identity to advance a new understanding of our algorithmic identities. We Are Data will educate and inspire readers who want to wrest back some freedom in our increasingly surveilled and algorithmically-constructed world.
650			_aDigital media _vSocial aspects _vPrivacy, Right of _vInternet
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