People, not search-engine algorithms, choose unreliable or partisan news

Eni Mustafaraj ()

Nature, 2023, vol. 618, issue 7964, 245-247

Abstract: Analysis of people’s web searches and visited websites suggests that it is more likely that they are choosing to engage with partisan or unreliable news than that they are being unduly exposed to it by search-engine algorithms.

Keywords: Sociology; Computer science (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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