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Improving the quality of individual-level online information tracking: challenges of existing approaches and introduction of a new content- and long-tail sensitive academic solution
Silke Adam, Mykola Makhortykh, Michaela Maier +6
This article evaluates the quality of data collection in individual-level desktop information tracking used in the social sciences and shows that the existing approaches face sampl…
The right to audit and power asymmetries in algorithm auditing
Aleksandra Urman, Ivan Smirnov, Jana Lasser
In this paper, we engage with and expand on the keynote talk about the Right to Audit given by Prof. Christian Sandvig at the IC2S2 2021 through a critical reflection on power asym…
Novelty in news search: a longitudinal study of the 2020 US elections
Roberto Ulloa, Mykola Makhortykh, Aleksandra Urman +1
The 2020 US elections news coverage was extensive, with new pieces of information generated rapidly. This evolving scenario presented an opportunity to study the performance of sea…
Comparing the Language of QAnon-related content on Parler, Gab, and Twitter
Andrea Sipka, Aniko Hannak, Aleksandra Urman
Parler, a "free speech" platform popular with conservatives, was taken offline in January 2021 due to the lack of moderation of hateful and QAnon- and other conspiracy-related cont…
The Matter of Chance: Auditing Web Search Results Related to the 2020 U.S. Presidential Primary Elections Across Six Search Engines
Aleksandra Urman, Mykola Makhortykh, Roberto Ulloa
We examine how six search engines filter and rank information in relation to the queries on the U.S. 2020 presidential primary elections under the default - that is nonpersonalized…