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Algorithmic Folklore

Algorithmic Folklore is a genre of digital folklore in which emergent cultural narratives, practices, and beliefs arise from and circulate within human interactions with algorithmically mediated environments, distinguished by its reliance on the operational logic and affordances of algorithms as co-constitutive elements of folkloric formation.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Algorithmic Folk Theories and Identity: How TikTok Users Co-Produce Knowledge of Identity and Engage in Algorithmic Resistance

Nadia Karizat, Dan Delmonaco, Motahhare Eslami et al. · Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction · 2021 · 305 citations

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Adaptive Folk Theorization as a Path to Algorithmic Literacy on Changing Platforms

Michael Ann DeVito · Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction · 2021 · 129 citations · Full text

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The shadow banning controversy: perceived governance and algorithmic folklore

Laura Savolainen · Media Culture & Society · 2022 · 118 citations · Full text

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Generative AI in Creative Practice: ML-Artist Folk Theories of T2I Use, Harm, and Harm-Reduction

Renee Shelby, Shalaleh Rismani, Negar Rostamzadeh · 2024 · 27 citations · Full text

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‘Folk’ in the Age of Algorithms: Theorizing Folklore on Social Media Platforms

Guro Flinterud · Folklore · 2023 · 17 citations · Full text

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Authors

15

  1. MW
    Mohamed Wahib

    RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Japan

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  2. LS
    Laura Savolainen

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    1 publications · 118 citations

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  3. NR
    Negar Rostamzadeh

    Google (United States), United States

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  4. NA
    Nazanin Andalibi

    University of Michigan, United States

    1 publications · 305 citations

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  5. JD
    Jens Domke

    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

    1 publications · 14 citations

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Institutions

14

  1. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  2. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  3. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    305 citations

  4. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    118 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    915 citations

  6. RIKEN Center for Computational Science

    Kobe, Japan

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    56 citations

  7. Institute of Ethnology

    Budapest, Hungary

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  8. Eötvös Loránd University

    Budapest, Hungary

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

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Venues

  1. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

    PACMHCI · 2 publications · 434 citations

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  2. Acta Ethnographica Hungarica

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. Media Culture & Society

    1 publications · 118 citations

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  5. Social Media + Society

    1 publications · 11 citations

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