Algorithmic governance

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Lena Ulbricht

Technische Universität München (TUM) - School of Governance - Hochschule für Politik

Christian Katzenbach

Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society

Date Written: November 29, 2019

Abstract

Algorithmic governance as a key concept in controversies around the emerging digital society highlights the idea that digital technologies produce social ordering in a specific way. Starting with the origins of the concept, this paper portrays different perspectives and objects of inquiry where algorithmic governance has gained prominence ranging from the public sector to labour management and ordering digital communication. Recurrent controversies across all sectors such as datafication and surveillance, bias, agency and transparency indicate that the concept of algorithmic governance allows to bring objects of inquiry and research fields that had not been related before into a joint conversation.

Keywords: Transparency, Automation, Politicisation, Regulation, Social ordering, Governance, Predictive policing, Content moderation, Algorithmic governance Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Germany

Suggested Citation

Ulbricht, Lena and Katzenbach, Christian, Algorithmic governance (November 29, 2019). Internet Policy Review, volume 8, issue 4, 2019 [10.14763/2019.4.1424], Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4850763

Lena Ulbricht (Contact Author)

Technische Universität München (TUM) - School of Governance - Hochschule für Politik ( email )

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Christian Katzenbach

Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society ( email )

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Berlin
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