3 papers
cs.SI2026
Can Platform Design Encourage Curiosity? Evidence from an Independent Social Media Experiment
Marie Neubrander, Markus Reiter-Haas, Ben Rochford +4
Social media platforms are often criticized for fostering antisocial behavior rather than prosocial behavior. Yet, testing interventions to encourage prosocial dispositions, such a…
cs.LG2026
Modeling Behavioral Patterns in News Recommendations Using Fuzzy Neural Networks
Kevin Innerebner, Stephan Bartl, Markus Reiter-Haas +1
News recommender systems are increasingly driven by black-box models, offering little transparency for editorial decision-making. In this work, we introduce a transparent recommend…
cs.IR2025
Towards Multi-Aspect Diversification of News Recommendations Using Neuro-Symbolic AI for Individual and Societal Benefit
Markus Reiter-Haas, Elisabeth Lex
News recommendations are complex, with diversity playing a vital role. So far, existing literature predominantly focuses on specific aspects of news diversity, such as viewpoints.…