Review
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"All search results are not created equal. Through
deft analyses of software, society, and superiority, Noble
exposes both the motivations and mathematics that make a
'technologically redlined' internet. Read this book to understand
how supposedly race neutral zeros and ones simply don't add
up."-Matthew W. Hughey, Author of White Bound: Nationalists,
Antiracists, and the Shared Meanings of Race
"Safiya Noble's compelling and accessible book is an impressive
survey of the impact of search and other algorithms on our
understandings of racial and gender identity. Her study raises
crucial questions regarding the power and control of algorithms,
and is essential reading for understanding the way media works in
the contemporary moment."-Sarah Banet-Weiser, Author of
Authentic(TM) The Politics of Ambivalence in a Brand Culture
"Safiya Noble has produced an outstanding book that raises clear
alarms about the ways Google quietly shapes our lives, minds, and
attitudes. Noble writes with urgency and clarity. This book is
essential for anyone hoping to understand our current information
ecosystem."-Siva Vaidhyanathan, Author of The Googlization of
Everything -- and Why We Should Worry
"A distressing account of algorithms run amok."-Kirkus Reviews
"Noble makes a strong case that present technologies and search
engines are not just imperfect, but they enact actual harm to
people and communities."-Popmatters.com
"Noble demolishes the popular assumption that Google is a
values-free tool with no agenda...She astutely questions the
wisdom of turning so much of our data and intellectual capital
over to a corporate monopoly....Noble's study should prompt some
soul-searching about our reliance on commercial search engines
and about digital social equity."-STARRED Booklist
"Noble argues...that the web is ...a machine of
oppression...[Her] central in - that nothing about internet
search and retrieval is political neutral - is made...through the
accumulation of alarming and disturbing examples. [She] makes a
compelling case that pervasive racism online inflames racist
violence IRL."-Los Angeles Review of Books
"[P]resents convincing evidence of the need for closer scrutiny
and regulation of search engine[s]....A thought-provoking,
well-researched work...."-Library Journal
"Noble's thesis is a new tune in the ever-louder chorus that, in
light of the dominance of the big tech companies, is singing for
'protections and attention that work in service of the
public'."-The Financial Times
"Algorithms of Oppression is a wakeup call to bring awareness to
the biases of the internet, and should motivate all concerned
people to ask why those biases exist, and who they benefit."-New
York Journal of Books
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"Safiya Noble has produced an outstanding book that
raises clear alarms about the ways Google quietly shapes our
lives, minds, and attitudes. Noble writes with urgency and
clarity. This book is essential for anyone hoping to understand
our current information ecosystem."-Siva Vaidhyanathan,Author of
The Googlization of Everything ― and Why We Should Worry
"Noble makes a strong case that present technologies and search
engines are not just imperfect, but they enact actual harm to
people and communities."-Popmatters.com
"Noble’s thesis is a new tune in the ever-louder chorus that, in
light of the dominance of the big tech companies, is singing for
'protections and attention that work in service of the
public'."-The Financial Times
"Noble demolishes the popular assumption that Google is a
values-free tool with no agenda...She astutely questions the
wisdom of turning so much of our data and intellectual capital
over to a corporate monopoly….Noble’s study should prompt some
soul-searching about our reliance on commercial search engines
and about digital social equity."-STARRED Booklist
"Noble argues...that the web is ...a machine of
oppression...[Her] central in - that nothing about internet
search and retrieval is political neutral - is made...through the
accumulation of alarming and disturbing examples. [She] makes a
compelling case that pervasive racism online inflames racist
violence IRL."-Los Angeles Review of Books
"Safiya Noble’s compelling and accessible book is an impressive
survey of the impact of search and other algorithms on our
understandings of racial and gender identity. Her study raises
crucial questions regarding the power and control of algorithms,
and is essential reading for understanding the way media works in
the contemporary moment."-Sarah Banet-Weiser,Author of
Authentic™: The Politics of Ambivalence in a Brand Culture
"Algorithms of Oppression is a wakeup call to bring awareness to
the biases of the internet, and should motivate all concerned
people to ask why those biases exist, and who they benefit."-New
York Journal of Books
"A distressing account of algorithms run amok."-Kirkus Reviews
"Rather than being a neutral arbiter that sorts content by
quality, Noble argues that search engines are easily gamed in
ways that reflect discriminatory practices. Even without
malevolent actors, search engines may be perpetuating racist
stereotypes."-Chicago Tribune
"All search results are not created equal. Through deft analyses
of software, society, and superiority, Noble exposes both the
motivations and mathematics that make a ‘technologically
redlined’ internet. Read this book to understand how supposedly
race neutral zeros and ones simply don’t add up."-Matthew W.
Hughey,Author of White Bound: Nationalists, Antiracists, and the
Shared Meanings of Race
