Social Algorithms for Online Communities: an Analytical Review

Abstract

Online-communities and social media are important backbone part of information society. In these latter days more and more attention is drawn to the algorithms, which serve, among other things, as a base for the formation of such communities, as well as to their apanage of amplification of the social processes' effects, primarily negative, which lead to gaining inequality and discrimination. This article contains an overview of the classes of social algorithms and their studies. We draw the conclusion concerning the necessity of the algorithmic culture, which is concerned as a component part of the digital literacy. We also provide recommendations for applying the instruments of interpreting the machine learning algorithms in the forming of algorithmic culture.