The burden of choice : recommendations, subversion, and algorithmic culture

Introduction: data fields of dreams -- A brief history of good choices -- Female labor and digital media : pattie maes and the birth of recommendation systems and social networking technologies -- Mapping the stars : Tivo, Netflix, and Digg's digital media distribution and talking back to algorithms -- Love's labor's logged : the weird science of matchmaking systems and its parodies -- The mirror phased : virtual cosmetic surgeries, beautification engines, and the embodied recommendation -- Conclusion: on handling toddlers and structuring the limits of knowledge -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index