Algorithmic mediation shapes communication through computational selection, organization, ranking, or recommendation. It affects what becomes visible and depends on criteria and institutional decisions about relevance. The concept does not imply that every service personalizes results or continually adapts to each user.
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Key concepts are the working vocabulary of the field: the terms that the models and tools rely on and that a decision about communication has to use precisely. Each entry defines the term and sends you to the brief or the self-guided audit where it is put to work.