Predictive technology in social media

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    • Fernández Rovira, Cristina
    • Giraldo Luque, Santiago

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Predictive technology in social media

editors, Cristina Fernández-Rovira, Santiago Giraldo-Luque

CRC Press, 2022

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Explores how social media defines consumer behaviour. Discovers how social media works to keep the user always on. Reviews why social media can shape a more extreme political and cultural ideology in users. Studies how social media algorithms can shape a predictable and homogeneous culture. Develops critical and multidisciplinary thinking about the impact of social media in shaping a predictable society.

Table of Contents

Introduction: From Delphi to Zuckerberg - Conquering the Future Part 1: General Discussions on Prediction-Oriented Algorithms and Attention 1. Algorithmic Culture: Limits and Notes for the Discussion 2. The Functioning of Attention as a Behavioural Prediction Mechanism in Social Media Part 2: Predictive Consumption? 3. Predictive Analytics in Digital Advertising: Are Platforms Really Interested in Accuracy? 4. Consumption Prediction on Netflix: Audience Tracking Analysis Based on the Recommendation Algorithm in Times of Pandemic 5. Social Complex Networks Analysis as Predictors of Users' Behaviour in the Digital Society Part 3: Ethical and Political Implications of Prediction 6. Predicting Government Attention in Social Media: A First Step for Understanding Political astroturf in Interest Representation 7. Social Media as a Framework for Predicting and Controlling Social Protest in the 21st Century 8. Reviving Topological Thinking in the Post-Media Condition 9. Ethical Insights for the Social Media Age

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