Adapting the selective exposure perspective to algorithmically governed platforms: The case of Google Search

L Slechten, C Courtois, L Coenen… - Communication …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Experimental research on selective exposure on online platforms is generally limited by a
narrow focus on specific parts of the information selection process, rather than integrating …

Engagement outweighs exposure to partisan and unreliable news within Google Search

RE Robertson, J Green, DJ Ruck, K Ognyanova… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
If popular online platforms systematically expose their users to partisan and unreliable news,
they could potentially contribute to societal issues like rising political polarization. This …

Users choose to engage with more partisan news than they are exposed to on Google Search

RE Robertson, J Green, DJ Ruck, K Ognyanova… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
If popular online platforms systematically expose their users to partisan and unreliable news,
they could potentially contribute to societal issues such as rising political polarization,. This …

Bubbles bursting: Investigating and measuring the personalisation of social media searches

C Yang, X Xu, BP Nunes, SWM Siqueira - Telematics and Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Social media platforms implement personalisation algorithms to provide users with a tailored
selection of posts under the assumption of a better experience. However, prior studies …

Partisan search behavior and Google results in the 2018 US midterm elections

D Trielli, N Diakopoulos - Information, Communication & Society, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This research shows that members of different ideological groups in the United States can
use different search terms when looking for information about political candidates, but that …

More of the same? Homogenization in news recommendations when users search on Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter

E Nechushtai, R Zamith, SC Lewis - Mass Communication and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Amid concerns over algorithmic gatekeeping and the power of digital platforms to serve as
engines for polarization and disinformation, we examined the performance of algorithmic …

People searched by people: Context-based selectiveness in online search

A Kuzminykh, E Lank - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
In the age of the internet, the ability to fully control online information about oneself is no
longer possible; once information is online, it is easily disseminated and quickly becomes …

Social shaping of the politics of internet search and networking: Moving beyond filter bubbles, echo chambers, and fake news

WH Dutton, B Reisdorf, E Dubois, G Blank - 2017 - papers.ssrn.com
Global debate over the impact that algorithms and search on shaping political opinions has
been increasing in the aftermath of controversial election results in Europe and the US …

Search engine effects on news consumption: Ranking and representativeness outweigh familiarity in news selection

R Ulloa, CS Kacperski - new media & society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
While individuals' trust in search engine results is well-supported, little is known about their
preferences when selecting news. We use web-tracked behavioral data across a 2-month …

Measuring political personalization of Google news search

H Le, R Maragh, B Ekdale, A High, T Havens… - The World Wide Web …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
There is a growing concern about the extent to which algorithmic personalization limits
people's exposure to diverse viewpoints, thereby creating “filter bubbles” or “echo …