2 papers
cs.LG2020
Understanding YouTube Communities via Subscription-based Channel Embeddings
Sam Clark, Anna Zaitsev
YouTube is an important source of news and entertainment worldwide, but the scale makes it challenging to study the ideas and topics being discussed on the platform. This paper pre…
cs.SI2019
Algorithmic Extremism: Examining YouTube's Rabbit Hole of Radicalization
Mark Ledwich, Anna Zaitsev
The role that YouTube and its behind-the-scenes recommendation algorithm plays in encouraging online radicalization has been suggested by both journalists and academics alike. This…