アルゴリズムで浸透した社会を測定する

Claudia Wagner^1,2,3, Markus Strohmaier^4,5,6, Alexandra Olteanu^7,8

¹GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne, Germany. claudia.wagner@gesis.org.

Nature

|July 1, 2021

まとめ

アルゴリズムが浸透した社会を理解するには新しい社会理論が必要です信頼性の高い,監査可能な,公正な測定モデルを開発するには,質を保証し,害を軽減するための透明で参加的な方法が必要です.

科学分野:

社会科学
コンピュータ社会科学
技術の社会学

背景:

伝統的な社会科学理論や測定モデルはアルゴリズムの広範囲に及ぶ影響のために設計されたのではありません
"アルゴリズムに浸透した社会"の出現は人間の行動や社会構造を理解する上で新たな課題を提示しています
既存のフレームワークはアルゴリズムと人間の行動による社会的現実の共同形成に苦労しています

研究の目的:

アルゴリズムに浸透した社会がもたらす課題,特に測定の質と理論的な限界に対処する.
アルゴリズムシステムの影響を統合した新しい社会理論の開発を提唱する.
信頼性の高い,監査可能な,公正な測定モデルに関する要求事項を提案する.

主な方法:

アルゴリズムの影響の文脈における既存の社会科学の方法論の概念分析.
新しい理論的枠組みとデータ統合の方法論の必要性についての議論.
品質保証と害の特定を重視した透明で参加的な測定モデルの開発に関する提案

主要な成果:

測定の質の不十分,測定ミスによる複雑な結果,そして現在の社会理論の限界を主要な課題として特定した.
アルゴリズムで浸透した社会を理解し分析するために新しい社会理論が不可欠であると主張した.
透明で参加的な開発プロセスで信頼性があり,監査可能で公正な測定モデルの必要性を強調しました.

結論:

計算社会科学者はアルゴリズムに浸透した社会における測定戦略を再考しなければなりません
将来の研究は,理論構築にデータを統合するための堅固な方法論の開発に重点を置くべきです.
透明性,参加,そして倫理的な考慮を測定開発に優先することは社会科学の研究の進歩に不可欠です.

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