A Normative Framework for Assessing the Information Curation Algorithms of the Internet.

It is critical to understand how algorithms structure the information people see and how those algorithms support or undermine society's core values. We offer a normative framework for the assessment of the information curation algorithms that determine much of what people see on the internet. The f...

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Publicado en:Perspectives on Psychological Science Vol. 19; no. 5; pp. 749 - 758
Autores principales: Lazer, David, Swire-Thompson, Briony, Wilson, Christo
Formato: tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Sep2024
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          Internet Searching Evaluation
          Information Retrieval
          Information Seeking Behavior
          Consumer Attitudes
          Algorithms Evaluation
          Conceptual Framework
          Validity
          Self Regulation
          Information Resources
          Data Breach
          Politics
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      ab: It is critical to understand how algorithms structure the information people see and how those algorithms support or undermine society's core values. We offer a normative framework for the assessment of the information curation algorithms that determine much of what people see on the internet. The framework presents two levels of assessment: one for individual-level effects and another for systemic effects. With regard to individual-level effects we discuss whether (a) the information is aligned with the user's interests, (b) the information is accurate, and (c) the information is so appealing that it is difficult for a person's self-regulatory resources to ignore ("agency hacking"). At the systemic level we discuss whether (a) there are adverse civic-level effects on a system-level variable, such as political polarization; (b) there are negative distributional or discriminatory effects; and (c) there are anticompetitive effects, with the information providing an advantage to the platform. The objective of this framework is both to inform the direction of future scholarship as well as to offer tools for intervention for policymakers.
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