Living with Algorithms Agency and User Culture in Costa Rica

• Main Author: Siles, Ignacio (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2023
• Subjects: Impact of science & technology on society; Algorithms; Agency; Audiences; Central America; Culture; Datafication; Domestication; Latin America; Media; Platforms; Platformization; Users.
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

A nuanced account from a user perspective of what it's like to live in a datafied world.We live in a media-saturated society that increasingly transforms our experiences, relations, and identities into data others can analyze and monetize. Algorithms are key to this process, surveilling our mos...