Book review: Metrics at work: journalism and the contested meaning of algorithms by Angèle Christin

Stiglich, Lucas (2021) Book review: Metrics at work: journalism and the contested meaning of algorithms by Angèle Christin. LSE Review of Books (20 Sep 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In Metrics at Work: Journalism and the Contested Meaning of Algorithms, Angèle Christin explores how the introduction of metrics and algorithms has affected journalists’ work practices and professional identities. Showing how metrics can work to exacerbate existing divergences and gaps between and within organisations, this book will appeal to those interested in social studies of technology, the sociology of work and critical data studies, writes Lucas Stiglich. Metrics at Work: Journalism and the Contested Meaning of Algorithms. Angèle Christin. Princeton University Press, 2020.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2021 14:45
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 03:15
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/112337

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