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Remixing, seeing, curating: algorithms’ influence on human visual creativity

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This doctoral dissertation investigates how algorithmic curation is impacting creative practices. Leveraging the conceptual framing of Becker’s Art Worlds (1982) and Bourdieu’s cultural intermediaries (1987), I question the impact of algorithmic “infomediaries” (Morris, 2015) as the “systems of distribution” (Becker, 1982) for creative content. As Becker notes, systems of distribution directly influence the pieces that are created in their context. Indeed, Lev Manovich (2018)...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Oxford Internet Institute
Oxford college:
Keble College
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Oxford Internet Institute
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-9399-0837
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Oxford Internet Institute
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0001-9090-924X
Role:
Supervisor


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https://ror.org/0505m1554
Programme:
Oxford-Open-Cambridge Doctoral Training Programme


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Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford


Language:
English
Pubs id:
2261883
Local pid:
pubs:2261883
Deposit date:
2025-07-01
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