Algorithmic awareness building - SMART 2017/0055.

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The study provides for a policy design process to convey an in-depth, policy-relevant analysis of the role of algorithms and in particular how they shape, filter or personalise the information flows that they intermediate. The study addresses a 3-fold objective: (1) contributes to a wider, shared understanding of the role of algorithms in the context of online platforms, while raising public awareness and debate of emerging issues; (2) identifies and delineates the types of problems and emerging issues raised by the use of algorithms, and establishes an initial, scientific evidence-base for these problems; (3) designs or prototypes solutions for a selection of problems, including policy options, technical solutions and private sector and civil society-driven actions. The study follows an open, participatory approach to state-of-the-art policy design, involving a wide range of actors building on existing and emerging global communities active in this field.