Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google
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Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google - Introduction
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Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google
An introduction to the book Deep Search and an overview of topics of the event series on the politics of search and digital classification.
Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google
An introduction to the book Deep Search and an overview of topics of the event series on the politics of search and digital classification.
Search Engine Law and Freedom of Expression. A European Perspective
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Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google
Search engines are amongst the most used services by Internet users and are central to the navigation of the Web. In fact, they are an indispensable component of the Internet’s promise of democratizing access to information. Search engine law and policy should react by making freedom of expression a dominant concern underlying legal and policy choices with regard to Web search engines.
Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google
Search engines are amongst the most used services by Internet users and are central to the navigation of the Web. In fact, they are an indispensable component of the Internet’s promise of democratizing access to information. Search engine law and policy should react by making freedom of expression a dominant concern underlying legal and policy choices with regard to Web search engines.
Search before grep. A Progress from Closed to Open?
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Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google
As we look at modern search tools, it is easy to believe that they are contributing to a historical march away from closed and restrictive institutions to democratic openness and that amassing more information, regardless of source, and running grep-like searches across it is inherently a good thing. From its beginnings in open source software, this new idea of openness has spread to contemporary aspects of politics, of markets, and of science, as well of cultural endeavor
Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google
As we look at modern search tools, it is easy to believe that they are contributing to a historical march away from closed and restrictive institutions to democratic openness and that amassing more information, regardless of source, and running grep-like searches across it is inherently a good thing. From its beginnings in open source software, this new idea of openness has spread to contemporary aspects of politics, of markets, and of science, as well of cultural endeavor
The Library in the Information Age. 6000 Years of Script
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Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google
Information is exploding so furiously around us and information technology is changing at such bewildering speed that we face a fundamental problem: How to orient ourselves in the new landscape? What, for example, will become of research libraries in the face of technological marvels such as Google?
Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google
Information is exploding so furiously around us and information technology is changing at such bewildering speed that we face a fundamental problem: How to orient ourselves in the new landscape? What, for example, will become of research libraries in the face of technological marvels such as Google?
Democratizing Search? From Critique to Society-oriented Design
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Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google, Deep Search conference 2008
This central role of search engines has brought a considerable amount of critical attention to these technical artifacts and, more recently, to the companies that build them.
Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google, Deep Search conference 2008
This central role of search engines has brought a considerable amount of critical attention to these technical artifacts and, more recently, to the companies that build them.
From Trust to Tracks. A Technology Assessment Perspective Revisited
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Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google, Deep Search conference 2008
Over the three last decades, technology assessment has evolved both regarding its concept of technology-society interactions and its political or societal responsibilities. Traditionally, two generations of technology assessment are differentiated.
Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google, Deep Search conference 2008
Over the three last decades, technology assessment has evolved both regarding its concept of technology-society interactions and its political or societal responsibilities. Traditionally, two generations of technology assessment are differentiated.
Dissecting the Gatekeepers - Relational Perspectives on the Power of Search Engines
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Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google, Deep Search conference 2008
The advent of new media technologies is almost inevitably accompanied by discourses that oscillate between technological and social determinism. In the utopian version of these accounts, technology is seen as supporting democratic social dynamics, in the dystopian version it instead becomes a colonizing force that pre-structures individual and group behavior. Search engines, once heralded as empowering tools to navigate online spaces, now increasingly described as “evil” manipulators and data collectors, have been no exception to this rule.
Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google, Deep Search conference 2008
The advent of new media technologies is almost inevitably accompanied by discourses that oscillate between technological and social determinism. In the utopian version of these accounts, technology is seen as supporting democratic social dynamics, in the dystopian version it instead becomes a colonizing force that pre-structures individual and group behavior. Search engines, once heralded as empowering tools to navigate online spaces, now increasingly described as “evil” manipulators and data collectors, have been no exception to this rule.
Society of the Query. The Googlization of our Lives
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Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google
Every week we see the launch of yet another Google initiative. Even for informed insiders it is next to impossible to keep up, let alone reveal a master plan. As we write, mid-April 2008, there is the Google App Engine, “a developer tool that enables you to run your web applications on Google’s infrastructure”. It’s a perfect example of how a company that owns today’s infrastructure is able to concentrate more power.
Deep Search. The Politics of Search beyond Google
Every week we see the launch of yet another Google initiative. Even for informed insiders it is next to impossible to keep up, let alone reveal a master plan. As we write, mid-April 2008, there is the Google App Engine, “a developer tool that enables you to run your web applications on Google’s infrastructure”. It’s a perfect example of how a company that owns today’s infrastructure is able to concentrate more power.
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