{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2916303217","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951719826856","title":"Beyond mystery: Putting algorithmic accountability in context","display_name":"Beyond mystery: Putting algorithmic accountability in context","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2916303217","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951719826856","mag":"2916303217"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/2053951719826856","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951719826856","pdf_url":"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2053951719826856","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2736409588","display_name":"Big Data & Society","issn_l":"2053-9517","issn":["2053-9517"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Big Data & Society","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2053951719826856","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5033392620","display_name":"Elizabeth Reddy","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0673-1173"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I167576493","display_name":"Colorado School of Mines","ror":"https://ror.org/04raf6v53","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I167576493"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Elizabeth Reddy","raw_affiliation_strings":["Engineering, Design, & Society, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0673-1173","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Engineering, Design, & Society, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I167576493"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5071006105","display_name":"Baki Cakici","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1039-8177"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I83467386","display_name":"IT University of Copenhagen","ror":"https://ror.org/02309jg23","country_code":"DK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83467386"]}],"countries":["DK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Baki Cakici","raw_affiliation_strings":["Technologies in Practice, IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Technologies in Practice, IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I83467386"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5057785106","display_name":"Andrea Ballestero","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7692-0514"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I74775410","display_name":"Rice University","ror":"https://ror.org/008zs3103","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I74775410"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Andrea Ballestero","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Anthropology, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7692-0514","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Anthropology, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I74775410"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5033392620"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I167576493"],"apc_list":{"value":800,"currency":"USD","value_usd":800},"apc_paid":{"value":800,"currency":"USD","value_usd":800},"fwci":5.1503,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":60,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95301554,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"6","issue":"1","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10883","display_name":"Ethics and Social Impacts of AI","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3311","display_name":"Safety Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10883","display_name":"Ethics and Social Impacts of AI","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3311","display_name":"Safety Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10270","display_name":"Blockchain Technology Applications and Security","score":0.9625999927520752,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11953","display_name":"Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations","score":0.9484000205993652,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2805","display_name":"Cognitive Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/accountability","display_name":"Accountability","score":0.9463160037994385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scholarship","display_name":"Scholarship","score":0.6970462799072266},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/comics","display_name":"Comics","score":0.6676172018051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transparency","display_name":"Transparency (behavior)","score":0.6604111194610596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.4875158965587616},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/publication","display_name":"Publication","score":0.48462924361228943},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/relation","display_name":"Relation (database)","score":0.46243488788604736},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sociology","display_name":"Sociology","score":0.44374707341194153},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/unpacking","display_name":"Unpacking","score":0.4375784695148468},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-accounting","display_name":"Social accounting","score":0.43050459027290344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-relations","display_name":"Public relations","score":0.3945838510990143},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/law-and-economics","display_name":"Law and economics","score":0.3551011085510254},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/epistemology","display_name":"Epistemology","score":0.34366926550865173},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.3394501209259033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/political-science","display_name":"Political science","score":0.3264788091182709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/law","display_name":"Law","score":0.2556360960006714},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economics","display_name":"Economics","score":0.1714555025100708},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.13683804869651794},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.11526978015899658},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/philosophy","display_name":"Philosophy","score":0.10649675130844116},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/management","display_name":"Management","score":0.08552122116088867}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776007630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2798912","display_name":"Accountability","level":2,"score":0.9463160037994385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778061430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188823","display_name":"Scholarship","level":2,"score":0.6970462799072266},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529099274","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1004","display_name":"Comics","level":2,"score":0.6676172018051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780233690","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q535347","display_name":"Transparency (behavior)","level":2,"score":0.6604111194610596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4875158965587616},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41458344","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q732577","display_name":"Publication","level":2,"score":0.48462924361228943},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C25343380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q277521","display_name":"Relation (database)","level":2,"score":0.46243488788604736},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.44374707341194153},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777256151","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7897273","display_name":"Unpacking","level":2,"score":0.4375784695148468},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C150577722","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2990825","display_name":"Social accounting","level":3,"score":0.43050459027290344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.3945838510990143},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190253527","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295354","display_name":"Law and economics","level":1,"score":0.3551011085510254},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.34366926550865173},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.3394501209259033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.3264788091182709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.2556360960006714},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.1714555025100708},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.13683804869651794},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.11526978015899658},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.10649675130844116},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.08552122116088867},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163867264","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4672792","display_name":"Accounting information system","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/2053951719826856","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951719826856","pdf_url":"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2053951719826856","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2736409588","display_name":"Big Data & Society","issn_l":"2053-9517","issn":["2053-9517"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Big Data & Society","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.atira.dk:openaire/7581c846-6294-4876-bd35-6f909d10c854","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pure.itu.dk/portal/da/publications/7581c846-6294-4876-bd35-6f909d10c854","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196680","display_name":"IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I83467386","host_organization_name":"IT University of Copenhagen","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I83467386"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Reddy, E, Cakici, B & Ballestero, A 2019, 'Beyond mystery: Putting algorithmic accountability in context', Big Data & Society, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951719826856","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:897011a90fee41018a28959c46304a11","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/897011a90fee41018a28959c46304a11","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Big Data & Society, Vol 6 (2019)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/2053951719826856","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951719826856","pdf_url":"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2053951719826856","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2736409588","display_name":"Big Data & Society","issn_l":"2053-9517","issn":["2053-9517"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Big Data & Society","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","score":0.5600000023841858,"display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":18,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1676609437","https://openalex.org/W1889236309","https://openalex.org/W1911337175","https://openalex.org/W2100232516","https://openalex.org/W2131044459","https://openalex.org/W2156036907","https://openalex.org/W2557671501","https://openalex.org/W2575439561","https://openalex.org/W2753975405","https://openalex.org/W2897702578","https://openalex.org/W2898970033","https://openalex.org/W2903490207","https://openalex.org/W2903975937","https://openalex.org/W2989696878","https://openalex.org/W3012219202","https://openalex.org/W3124102853","https://openalex.org/W3157172840","https://openalex.org/W4365388135"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2980032325","https://openalex.org/W2042188247","https://openalex.org/W2017714611","https://openalex.org/W4224995949","https://openalex.org/W1992482086","https://openalex.org/W2385797406","https://openalex.org/W4398694690","https://openalex.org/W2608610227","https://openalex.org/W2024662052","https://openalex.org/W2527888910"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Critical":[0],"algorithm":[1,138],"scholarship":[2],"has":[3],"demonstrated":[4],"the":[5,11,29,41,75,112,122,125,134,137,140,143],"difficulties":[6],"of":[7,15,31,77,88,111,124,136,142],"attributing":[8],"accountability":[9,32,64,82,96],"for":[10,33,105],"actions":[12],"and":[13,35,44,56,115,118,139,145],"effects":[14,37],"algorithmic":[16,48],"systems.":[17],"In":[18],"this":[19,60,86,128],"commentary,":[20],"we":[21,24,62,80,130],"argue":[22],"that":[23,47],"cannot":[25],"stop":[26],"at":[27],"denouncing":[28],"lack":[30],"algorithms":[34],"their":[36],"but":[38],"must":[39],"engage":[40],"broader":[42],"systems":[43,49],"distributed":[45],"agencies":[46],"exist":[50],"within;":[51],"including":[52],"standards,":[53],"regulations,":[54],"technologies,":[55],"social":[57],"relations.":[58],"To":[59],"end,":[61],"explore":[63],"in":[65,83,148],"\u201cthe":[66],"Generated":[67],"Detective,\u201d":[68],"an":[69],"algorithmically":[70,113],"generated":[71],"comic.":[72,126],"Taking":[73],"up":[74],"mantle":[76],"detectives":[78],"ourselves,":[79],"investigate":[81],"relation":[84],"to":[85,94,107],"piece":[87],"experimental":[89],"fiction.":[90],"We":[91],"problematize":[92],"efforts":[93],"effect":[95],"through":[97],"transparency":[98],"by":[99],"undertaking":[100],"a":[101,109],"simple":[102],"operation:":[103],"asking":[104],"permission":[106],"re-publish":[108],"set":[110],"selected":[114],"modified":[116],"words":[117],"images":[119],"which":[120,149],"make":[121],"frames":[123],"Recounting":[127],"process,":[129],"demonstrate":[131],"slippage":[132],"between":[133],"\u201ccomplication\u201d":[135],"obscurity":[141],"legal":[144],"institutional":[146],"structures":[147],"it":[150],"exists.":[151]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":25},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-08-08T07:41:36.138363","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}