König, RenéRasch, Miriam2023-02-172023-02-172014978-90-818575-8-1https://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/society-of-the-query-reader-reflections-on-web-search/https://mediarep.org/handle/doc/20464Looking up something online is one of the most common applications of the web. Whether with a laptop or smartphone, we search the web from wherever we are, at any given moment. ‘Googling’ has become so entwined in our daily routines that we rarely question it. However, search engines such as Google or Bing determine what part of the web we get to see, shaping our knowledge and perceptions of the world. But there is a world beyond Google – geographically, culturally, and technologically. The Society of the Query network was founded in 2009 to delve into the larger societal and cultural consequences that are triggered by search technology. In this Reader, which is published after two conferences held in Amsterdam in 2009 and 2013, twenty authors – new media scholars, historians, computer scientists, and artists – try to answer a number of pressing questions about online search. What are the foundations of web search? What ideologies and assumptions are inscribed in search engine algorithms? What solution can be formulated to deal with Google’s monopoly in the future? Are alternatives to Google even thinkable? What influence does online search have on education practices? How do artists use the abundance of data that search engines provide in their creative work? By bringing researchers together from a variety of relevant disciplines, we aim at opening up new perspectives on the Society of the Query.<ul> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=12'>René König and Miriam Rasch: <i>Reflect and Act! Introduction to the Society of the Query Reader</i></a></li> </ul> <h4>THEORIZING WEB SEARCH</h4> <ul> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=19'>Kylie Jarrett: <i>A Database of Intention?</i></a></li> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=34'>Andrea Miconi: <i>Dialectic of Google</i></a></li> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=45'>Vito Campanelli: <i>Frictionless Sharing: The Rise of Automatic Criticism</i></a></li> </ul> <h4>POLITICS OF SEARCH ENGINES</h4> <ul> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=53'>Dirk Lewandowski: <i>Why We Need an Independent Index of the Web</i></a></li> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=63'>Astrid Mager: <i>Is Small Really Beautiful? Big Search and Its Alternatives</i></a></li> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=77'>Ippolita: <i>The Dark Side of Google: Pre-Afterword – Social Media Times</i></a></li> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=90'>Angela Daly: <i>Dominating Search: Google Before the Law</i></a></li> </ul> <h4>THE HISTORY OF SEARCH</h4> <ul> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=109'>Rosie Graham: <i>A 'History' of Search Engines: Mapping Technologies of Memory, Learning and Discovery</i></a></li> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=125'>Anton Tantner: <i>Before Google: A Pre-History of Search Engines in Analogue Times</i></a></li> </ul> <h4>BETWEEN GLOBALIZATION AND LOCALIZATION</h4> <ul> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=143'>Min Jiang and Vicențiu Dîngă: <i>Search Control in China</i></a></li> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=153'>Anna Jobin and Olivier Glassey: <i>‘I Am not a Web Search Result! I Am a Free Word’: The Categorization and Commodification of ‘Switzerland’ by Google</i></a></li> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=167'>Amanda Scardamaglia: <i>Keywords, Trademarks, and Search Engine Liability</i></a></li> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=184'>Martin Reiche and Ulrich Gehmann: <i>Towards an Anthropology of Location-Based Recommendation and Search</i></a></li> </ul> <h4>RESEARCH AND EDUCATION</h4> <ul> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=192'>Jacob Ørmen: <i>Historicizing Google Search: A Discussion of the Challenges Related to Archiving Search Results</i></a></li> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=207'>Martin Feuz: <i>Exploratory Search and Extended Cognition in Health Information Interaction</i></a></li> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=220'>Dave Crusoe: <i>Educating for Search: Understanding the Past and Present Search Technology to Teach for Future Resilience</i></a></li> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=231'>Simon Knight: <i>Finding Knowledge: What Is It To ‘Know’ When We Search?</i></a></li> </ul> <h4>CREATIVE REFLECTIONS</h4> <ul> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=243'>M.E. Luka and Mél Hogan: <i>Polluted and Predictive, in 133 Words</i></a></li> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=260'>Martina Mahnke and Emma Uprichard: <i>Algorithming the Algorithm</i></a></li> <li><a href ='https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/20464/INC-Reader_9_Koening-Rasch_2014_Society-of-the-Query-Reader_.pdf#page=275'>Phil Jones and Aharon Amir: <i>Search-Art: The Narcissus Search Engine, Skateboarding, and Oranges</i></a></li>engWeb SearchGooglingSearch EngineSocietyCulture30010.25969/mediarep/19289