https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/33674 2026-02-27T14:32:59Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/33674/ Algorithmic Subjectivities Baumer, E. P. S. Taylor, A. S. Brubaker, J. R. McGee, M. QA Mathematics QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science This article considers how subjectivities are enlivened in algorithmic systems. We first review related literature to clarify how we see “subjectivities” as emerging through a tangled web of processes and actors. We then offer two case studies exemplifying the emergence of algorithmic subjectivities: one involving computational topic modeling of blogs written by parents with children on the autism spectrum and one involving algorithmic moderation of social media content. Drawing on these case studies, we then articulate a series of qualities that characterizes algorithmic subjectivities. We also compare and contrast these qualities with a number of related concepts from prior literature to articulate how algorithmic subjectivities constitute a novel theoretical contribution, as well as how it offers a focal lens for future empirical investigation and for design. In short, this article points out how certain worlds are being made and/or being made possible via algorithmic systems, and it asks Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) to consider what other worlds might be possible. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 2024-06-30 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_sa_4 https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/33674/1/3660344.pdf Baumer, E. P. S. ORCID: 0000-0001-5338-4421 <http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5338-4421>, Taylor, A. S. <https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/view/creators_id/alex=2Etaylor.html> ORCID: 0000-0001-6311-3967 <http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6311-3967>, Brubaker, J. R. ORCID: 0000-0003-4826-8324 <http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4826-8324> & McGee, M. ORCID: 0000-0001-5256-130X <http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5256-130X>view all authorsEPJS_limit_names_shown_load( 'creators_name_33674_et_al', 'creators_name_33674_rest' ); (2024). Algorithmic Subjectivities. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 31(3), pp. 1-34. doi: 10.1145/3660344 <https://doi.org/10.1145/3660344> http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3660344 10.1145/3660344 10.1145/3660344 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage