Automated Media

by Mark Andrejevic

"In this era of pervasive automation, Mark Andrejevic provides an original framework for tracing the logical trajectory of automated media and their social, political, and cultural consequences. This book explores the cascading logic of automation, which develops from the information collection process through to data processing and, finally, automated decision making. It argues that pervasive digital monitoring combines with algorithmic decision making and machine learning to create new forms of power and control that pose challenges to democratic forms of accountability and individual autonomy alike. Andrejevic provides an overview of the implications of these developments for the fate of human experience, describing the "bias of automation" through the logics of pre-emption, operationalism, and "framelessness." Automated Media is a fascinating and groundbreaking new volume: a must-read for students and researchers of critical media studies interested in the intersections of media, technology, and the digital economy"--

Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 2020

About the author

Mark Andrejevic is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Fairfield University and author of Reality TV: The Work of Being Watched.

Reviews

[Zaron · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books I've read this year, an excellent exploration of the biases and tendencies of AI in media, culture, and politics. Will probably try and write a longer review/analysis when I have time.