ABSTRACT
This entry responds to others in its section by situating algorithms and social research into algorithms around one of the core ambiguities in contemporary social research, an ambiguity as to whether we are studying algorithms or what happens through algorithms. The entry situates the chapters in its section on a spectrum of possibilities relating to this to ambiguity. It explores too some of the implications of that ambiguity in terms of methods that are designed to look for changes, render transparent, or otherwise trace the movement of algorithms through platforms and their associated practices.
