Algorithmic Transparency in the News Media

Keeping it Real: From Faces and Features to Social Values in Deep Learning Algorithms on Social Media Images

“…The auto-ethnographically inspired approach [34] enabled me to consent to the procedure. In a way I was also inspired by the audit method [9], not in the form of a crowdsourced audit (which could be ethically problematic for people in the Mechanical Turk's pictures), but as a data double single-person test. Choosing this method makes me particularly vulnerable to the accusation that I am over-fitting the model to the data as the data is biased by regional and socio-demographic parameters.…”

“…This discrimination can take place by those holding massive data points, processing it and deciding on the algorithmic weights and thresholds [e.g. 8,9,6,37]. Algorithmic discrimination happens both intentionally and unintentionally.…”

“…However, whereas deciphering studies often look at the "model layer" [9] in the algorithms themselves, this paper looks at how they interpret the individual user through the "data layer" [9]. Therefore, the focus lies on the user as a data double rather than on the algorithm.…”

Uzman Görüşleri Bağlamında Haber Üretiminde Otomatikleşme: Robot Gazetecilik

“…Gazetecilikteki otomasyonun daha nesnel ve hatasız bir habercilik getireceğine dair yaygın bir inanış olsa da, algoritmalarla manipülasyon yapılabileceğine dair araştırmalar (Diakopoulos ve Koliska, 2016;Thurman vd., 2017;Kent, 2015) bu çalışmanın literatür kısmında da incelendiği gibi gündeme gelmeye başlamıştır. Görüşmelerde ise etik meselesinin robota özgü olmadığı, insan gazetecilerin de çok sık etik ihlaller yaptıkları vurgulanarak, medya okuryazarlığının önemine işaret edilmiştir.…”

The dangers of faulty, biased, or malicious algorithms requires independent oversight

“…First is planning oversight. When major new or revised algorithmic systems are being developed, an independent oversight review could require implementers to submit an algorithms impact statement (11,12). This document would be similar to the environmental impact statements that are now required for major construction programs.…”