Algorithmization and Social Interaction
| Project status | definitely finished |
| Project time | 01.10.2020- 31.12.2021 |
| Funding source | Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programs |
| Keywords | Algorithmization; Artificial Intelligence; Society; (Social) Media; Data Science; Data Analytics |
Imagine you call a company and your request is no longer answered by a human being but by an artificial assistant - how does this affect you as an individual and society at large? And does the customization of information in social media and online environments limit our horizon, or even keeps us in a ‚filter bubble‘? These are just a few of the socially and politically relevant core questions of the interdisciplinary topical program „Algorithmization and Social Interaction“. Scholars from information systems, economy, social sciences, law and communication studies work together to explore, first, how (artificially intelligent) algorithms can be used to influence social interaction. Second, the topical program is interested in how society (including the public as well as political and societal elites) reacts to this increasing algorithmic governance.