Every word of this crucial piece. Journalists also publish BASELESS algorithmic panic pieces—to chase clicks. Read: http://idlewords.com/2017/09/anatomy_of_a_moral_panic.htm …pic.twitter.com/o8UdweIO0O
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Every word of this crucial piece. Journalists also publish BASELESS algorithmic panic pieces—to chase clicks. Read: http://idlewords.com/2017/09/anatomy_of_a_moral_panic.htm …pic.twitter.com/o8UdweIO0O
That Amazon & alleged algorithmic suggestion of "bomb-making material" was not solid—and journalism's role should've been to discover that.
But people are—very understandably—uneasy about the power of algorithmic structures, and thus stories about it get clicks. Hence the threat!
And the expertise required to report this is generally lacking. CompSci people don't learn sociology, and journalists don't take CS classes.
So, read this by @pinboard. Was not hard to figure out Amazon bomb-making story was bogus, but got reported widely. http://idlewords.com/2017/09/anatomy_of_a_moral_panic.htm …
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Marshall Kirkpatrick
Very true. This is a huge problem with most algorithmic models today: they mostly optimize for NOW—CLICK NOW—NOW!https://twitter.com/marshallk/status/911223674216124417 …
zeynep tufekci added,
zeynep tufekci Retweeted James Gleick
zeynep tufekci added,
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