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Social networks as a model of algorithmic governance

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The typical way in which contemporary society, associated with neoliberalism, is managed can be characterized as algorithmic governance. Social networks like Facebook are taken as a model for the operation of this type of governance. To comprehend its dynamics, algorithmic governance is examined in three fundamental dimensions. The first is the relational dimension: the individual is fragmented in his digital traces, which are recombined in multiple relationships. From there, the vectorial dimension unfolds: these relationships are oriented, capturing trends and embedding projections about the future. Finally, this orientation originates the agential dimension, playing the roles of amplifying the affinities and containing the differences.
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hal-03226067 , version 1 (18-05-2021)

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Julio Cesar Lemes de Castro. Social networks as a model of algorithmic governance. MATRIZes, 2018, 12 (2), pp.165-191. ⟨10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v12i2p165-191⟩. ⟨hal-03226067⟩
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