The unified framework of media diversity: A systematic literature review

F Loecherbach, J Moeller, D Trilling… - Digital …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
How to study media diversity has become a major concern in today's media landscape.
Many expect that algorithmic filtering and a shift of audiences from legacy media to new …

[HTML][HTML] Self-imposed filter bubbles: Selective attention and exposure in online search

AG Ekström, DC Niehorster, EJ Olsson - Computers in Human Behavior …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is commonly assumed that algorithmic curation of search results creates filter bubbles,
where users' beliefs are continually reinforced and opposing views are suppressed …

The matter of chance: Auditing web search results related to the 2020 US presidential primary elections across six search engines

A Urman, M Makhortykh… - Social science computer …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
We examine how six search engines filter and rank information in relation to the queries on
the US 2020 presidential primary elections under the default—that is nonpersonalized …

Are we exposed to the same “news” in the news feed? An empirical analysis of filter bubbles as information similarity for Danish Facebook users

A Bechmann, KL Nielbo - Digital journalism, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In the backdrop of interests in social media news and polarization the aim of this study is to
examine to what extent we are exposed to the same “news” in the News Feed? The article …

Detecting race and gender bias in visual representation of AI on web search engines

M Makhortykh, A Urman, R Ulloa - … on Algorithmic Bias in Search and …, 2021 - Springer
Web search engines influence perception of social reality by filtering and ranking
information. However, their outputs are often subjected to bias that can lead to skewed …

Fake news or weak science? Visibility and characterization of antivaccine webpages returned by Google in different languages and countries

N Arif, M Al-Jefri, IH Bizzi, GB Perano… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The 1998 Lancet paper by Wakefield et al., despite subsequent retraction and evidence
indicating no causal link between vaccinations and autism, triggered significant parental …

Searching differently? How political attitudes impact search queries about political issues

M Van Hoof, CS Meppelink, J Moeller… - New Media & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
For many, search engines are crucial gateways to (political) information. While extant
research is concerned with algorithmic bias, user choices had been largely neglected. Yet …

Data subjects' conceptualizations of and attitudes toward automatic emotion recognition-enabled wellbeing interventions on social media

K Roemmich, N Andalibi - Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Automatic emotion recognition (ER)-enabled wellbeing interventions use ER algorithms to
infer the emotions of a data subject (ie, a person about whom data is collected or processed …

[HTML][HTML] Where the earth is flat and 9/11 is an inside job: A comparative algorithm audit of conspiratorial information in web search results

A Urman, M Makhortykh, R Ulloa… - Telematics and informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
Web search engines are important online information intermediaries that are frequently used
and highly trusted by the public despite multiple evidence of their outputs being subjected to …

“Foreign beauties want to meet you”: The sexualization of women in Google's organic and sponsored text search results

A Urman, M Makhortykh - new media & society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Search engines serve as information gatekeepers on a multitude of topics dealing with
different aspects of society. However, the ways search engines filter and rank information …