Analysis of “Nosedive” Algorithms

Analyze of episode “Nosedive” and discuss how does it invite viewers to be “epistemologically ambivalent” about algorithms.

Analyze of episode “Nosedive” and answer on the following questions:

• How does it invite us, as viewers, to be “epistemologically ambivalent” about algorithms?
• How does the show stage the dramas of seductive knowledge, especially in terms of algorithmic knowledge?
• Are there specific examples of the feedback loops that algorithms give rise to that seem particularly significant, epistemologically?
• Do you recognize anything in this episode from your own experiences and your own social world?