On the democratic role of news recommenders

N Helberger - Algorithms, automation, and news, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Are algorithmic news recommenders a threat to the democratic role of the media? Or are
they an opportunity, and, if so, how would news recommenders need to be designed to …

Democratizing algorithmic news recommenders: how to materialize voice in a technologically saturated media ecosystem

J Harambam, N Helberger… - … Transactions of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The deployment of various forms of AI, most notably of machine learning algorithms,
radically transforms many domains of social life. In this paper we focus on the news industry …

Algorithms, automation, and news

N Thurman, SC Lewis, J Kunert - Digital journalism, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This special issue examines the growing importance of algorithms and automation in the
gathering, composition, and distribution of news. It connects a long line of research on …

My friends, editors, algorithms, and I: Examining audience attitudes to news selection

N Thurman, J Moeller, N Helberger, D Trilling - Digital journalism, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Prompted by the ongoing development of content personalization by social networks and
mainstream news brands, and recent debates about balancing algorithmic and editorial …

Recommended for you: how newspapers normalise algorithmic news recommendation to fit their gatekeeping role

LA Møller - Journalism Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study contributes with in-depth knowledge on how algorithmic news recommendation is
adopted within the Scandinavian daily press and how notions of gatekeeping affect the use …

Safeguarding the journalistic DNA: Attitudes towards the role of professional values in algorithmic news recommender designs

M Bastian, N Helberger, M Makhortykh - Digital Journalism, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In contrast to the extensive debate on the influence of algorithmic news recommenders
(ANRs) on individual news diets, the interaction between such systems and journalistic …

Selling news to audiences–a qualitative inquiry into the emerging logics of algorithmic news personalization in European quality news media

B Bodó - Algorithms, Automation, and News, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
How do news organizations design and implement algorithmically personalized news
services? We conducted 16 in-depth interviews with professionals working in European …

Generalised scepticism: How people navigate news on social media

R Fletcher, RK Nielsen - Information, communication & society, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Social media is an increasingly widely used and important source of news. News on social
media is 'selected'by a variety of actors, including the editors and journalists that produce the …

Public service media| merely facilitating or actively stimulating diverse media choices? public service media at the crossroad

N Helberger - International Journal of Communication, 2015 - ijoc.org
Personalized recommendations provide new opportunities to engage with audiences and
influence media choices. Should the public-service media use such algorithmic profiling and …

Algorithms in the newsroom? News readers' perceived credibility and selection of automated journalism

A Wölker, TE Powell - Journalism, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Automated journalism, the autonomous production of journalistic content through computer
algorithms, is increasingly prominent in newsrooms. This enables the production of …