I was thinking something similar. If one hopes to compensation for “algorithmic distortions” that presumes the ability to measure such a “distortion”, which necessitates the existence of some “natural” set of results not impacted by an algorithm. -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Associate Professor and PhD Program Director, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm@uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org
On Oct 16, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Alex Halavais <alex@halavais.net> wrote:
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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