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In media articles, algorithms are described as powerful, autonomous actors that have a capability of producing actions that have consequences. Despite a tendency for deification, the prevailing critique of algorithms focuses on ethical concerns raised by decisions resulting from algorithmic processing. However, the purpose of this paper is to propose that the ethical concerns discussed are limited in scope and suggest that it is not clear what concerns dominate the debate.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The paper uses a systematic mapping study approach to review articles appearing in leading UK national papers from the perspective of the ethical concerns over a period of one year. The articles are categorised using a widely cited framework detailing a taxonomy of ethical concerns. The UK context is important because of UK public policy initiatives around AI.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The research presented in this paper contributes the first systematic mapping study of articles appearing in leading UK national papers from the perspective of widely accepted ethical concerns such as inscrutable evidence, misguided evidence, unfair outcomes and transformative effects.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The research presented in this paper contributes the first systematic mapping study of articles appearing in leading UK national papers from the perspective of the ethical concerns. The UK context is important because of UK public policy initiatives around AI. To review the media content from the perspective of ethical concerns, this paper uses the synthesised conceptual map of ethical concerns developed by Mittelstad <jats:italic>et al.<\/jats:italic> Given the dominance of that framework, this paper\u2019s contribution is also an important instantiation and experimental validation of using that conceptual map.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/jices-04-2019-0039","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,4]],"date-time":"2019-09-04T09:24:44Z","timestamp":1567589084000},"page":"124-139","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Mapping the public debate on ethical concerns: algorithms in mainstream media"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Balbir S.","family":"Barn","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"key2020030610321216000_ref001","first-page":"296","article-title":"Public administration, public leadership and the construction of public value in the age of the algorithm and \u2018big data","volume":"97","year":"2018","journal-title":"Public Administration"},{"key":"key2020030610321216000_ref002","article-title":"The BBC broadcast of India\u2019s daughter\u2019: an examination of the interactions between mainstream media and social media","year":"2018","journal-title":"International Journal on Advances in Internet Technology 11.1 and 2"},{"key":"key2020030610321216000_ref003","unstructured":"Bartoletti, I. 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