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Context matters: political polarization on Twitter from a comparative perspective by Urman, Aleksandra

“…This article explores the issue of political polarization on social media. It shows that the intensity of polarization on Twitter varies greatly from one…”
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Scaling up search engine audits: Practical insights for algorithm auditing by Ulloa, Roberto, Makhortykh, Mykola, Urman, Aleksandra

“…Algorithm audits have increased in recent years due to a growing need to independently assess the performance of automatically curated services that process,…”
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The Matter of Chance: Auditing Web Search Results Related to the 2020 U.S. Presidential Primary Elections Across Six Search Engines by Urman, Aleksandra, Makhortykh, Mykola, Ulloa, Roberto

“…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…”
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Analyzing protest mobilization on Telegram: The case of 2019 Anti-Extradition Bill movement in Hong Kong by Urman, Aleksandra, Ho, Justin Chun-ting, Katz, Stefan

“…Online messaging app Telegram has increased in popularity in recent years surpassing Twitter and Snapchat by the number of active monthly users in late 2020…”
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Media Trust and the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Short-Term Trust Changes, Their Ideological Drivers and Consequences in Switzerland by Adam, Silke, Urman, Aleksandra, Arlt, Dorothee, Gil-Lopez, Teresa, Makhortykh, Mykola, Maier, Michaela

“…We analyze short-term media trust changes during the COVID-19 pandemic, their ideological drivers and consequences based on panel data in German-speaking…”
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Novelty in News Search: A Longitudinal Study of the 2020 US Elections by Ulloa, Roberto, Makhortykh, Mykola, Urman, Aleksandra, Kulshrestha, Juhi

“…The 2020 US elections news coverage was extensive, with new pieces of information generated rapidly. This evolving scenario presented an opportunity to study…”
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How search engines disseminate information about COVID-19 and why they should do better by Mykola Makhortykh, Aleksandra Urman, Roberto Ulloa

“…Access to accurate and up-to-date information is essential for individual and collective decision making, especially at times of emergency. On February 26,…”
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News, Threats, and Trust: How COVID-19 News Shaped Political Trust, and How Threat Perceptions Conditioned This Relationship by de León, Ernesto, Makhortykh, Mykola, Gil-Lopez, Teresa, Urman, Aleksandra, Adam, Silke

“…This study explores shifts in political trust during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland, examining the role that media consumption and threat…”
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The right to audit and power asymmetries in algorithm auditing by Urman, Aleksandra, Smirnov, Ivan, Lasser, Jana

“…In this paper, we engage with and expand on the keynote talk about the “Right to Audit” given by Prof. Christian Sandvig at the International Conference on…”
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Online publicity and outcomes of individual politically salient criminal cases in an authoritarian regime: evidence from Russia by Urman, Aleksandra, Katz, Stefan

“…In the present study, we analyze the relationship between domestic and international online publicity and individual outcomes of suspects in three recent…”
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Auditing the representation of migrants in image web search results by Urman, Aleksandra, Makhortykh, Mykola, Ulloa, Roberto

“…Abstract Search engines serve as information gatekeepers on a multitude of topics that are prone to gender, ethnicity, and race misrepresentations. In this…”
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Do (Not!) Track Me: Relationship Between Willingness to Participate and Sample Composition in Online Information Behavior Tracking Research by Gil-López, Teresa, Christner, Clara, de León, Ernesto, Makhortykh, Mykola, Urman, Aleksandra, Maier, Michaela, Adam, Silke

“…This paper offers a critical look at the promises and drawbacks of a popular, novel data collection technique—online tracking—from the point of view of sample…”
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Constants and Variables: How Does the Visual Representation of the Holocaust by AI Change Over Time by Urman, Aleksandra, Makhortykh, Mykola, Ulloa, Roberto, Sydorova, Maryna, Kulshrestha, Juhi

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What they do in the shadows: examining the far-right networks on Telegram by Urman, Aleksandra, Katz, Stefan

“…The present paper contributes to the research on the activities of far-right actors on social media by examining the interconnections between far-right actors…”
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“Foreign beauties want to meet you”: The sexualization of women in Google’s organic and sponsored text search results by Urman, Aleksandra, Makhortykh, Mykola

“…Search engines serve as information gatekeepers on a multitude of topics dealing with different aspects of society. However, the ways search engines filter and…”
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How transparent are transparency reports? Comparative analysis of transparency reporting across online platforms by Urman, Aleksandra, Makhortykh, Mykola

“…Over the last decade, transparency reports have been adopted by most large information technology companies. These reports provide important information on the…”
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News Consumption of Russian Vkontakte Users: Polarization and News Avoidance by Urman, Aleksandra

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Trolls, bots and everyone else: the analysis of multilingual social media manipulation campaigns on Twitter during 2019 elections in Ukraine by Urman, Aleksandra, Makhortykh, Mykola

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You are how (and where) you search? Comparative analysis of web search behavior using web tracking data by Urman, Aleksandra, Makhortykh, Mykola

“…In this article, we conduct a comparative analysis of web search behaviors in Switzerland and Germany. For this aim, we rely on a combination of web tracking…”
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There can be only one truth: Ideological segregation and online news communities in Ukraine by Urman, Aleksandra, Makhortykh, Mykola

“…The paper examines ideological segregation among Ukrainian users in online environments, using as a case study partisan news communities on Vkontakte, the…”
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