I am afraid that I don't have a good answer to this question. I am, however, intrigued by the phrase "algorithmic distortion" in search as it suggests the existence of an un-distorted search. Just as a lense is made to distort light, a search engine is made to distort the corpus it is searching. I wonder (paging Innis) if there is a case for the existence of unalgorithmed data. It seems unlikely... On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 3:34 AM, Donatella Selva <donatellaselva@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Aoirsts, I am trying to find some common research protocol to use search engines for social research. In particular, I am interested in the following topics: - how to compensate for algorithmic distorsions - how many pages of results must be consulted
I am sure the community of Aoirsts could help me :) Thank you in advance and have a good day!
Donatella Selva Postdoc researcher at Centre for Media and Democratic Innovations Luiss University, Italy @donaselva _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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