Ask my Data: When Databases Meet through Algorithms

TY - CONF

T1 - Ask my Data

T2 - Internet Research

AU - Bechmann, Anja

N1 - Conference code: 15

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - We share our data online from behavioral to self-reported data in order to reach out and optimize the communication and interaction with people and services. Even though these data are not structured in one single database do we expect this to be the case when interacting with services online? This paper presents a study of the development and use of an app algorithm called the Social Library that connects a user’s Facebook data with the public library database in order to increase social media presence and show personalized results in the newsfeed. The aim of the paper is to understand how algorithms handle data as our identity, what happens when contradictory data occur and what are users attitudes towards seemingly personalized services?

AB - We share our data online from behavioral to self-reported data in order to reach out and optimize the communication and interaction with people and services. Even though these data are not structured in one single database do we expect this to be the case when interacting with services online? This paper presents a study of the development and use of an app algorithm called the Social Library that connects a user’s Facebook data with the public library database in order to increase social media presence and show personalized results in the newsfeed. The aim of the paper is to understand how algorithms handle data as our identity, what happens when contradictory data occur and what are users attitudes towards seemingly personalized services?

M3 - Paper

Y2 - 21 October 2014 through 25 October 2014

ER -