How search engines disseminate information about COVID-19 and why they should do better

Makhortykh, Mykola; Urman, Aleksandra; Ulloa, Roberto

dc.contributor.author	Makhortykh, Mykola	de
dc.contributor.author	Urman, Aleksandra	de
dc.contributor.author	Ulloa, Roberto	de
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-09T10:01:08Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-09T10:01:08Z
dc.date.issued	2020	de
dc.identifier.issn	2766-1652	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/74756
dc.description.abstract	Access to accurate and up-to-date information is essential for individual and collective decision making, especially at times of emergency. On February 26, 2020, two weeks before the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the COVID-19’s emergency a “pandemic,” we systematically collected and analyzed search results for the term “coronavirus” in three languages from six search engines. We found that different search engines prioritize specific categories of information sources, such as government-related websites or alternative media. We also observed that source ranking within the same search engine is subjected to randomization, which can result in unequal access to information among users.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	News media, journalism, publishing	en
dc.subject.ddc	Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen	de
dc.subject.other	COVID-19; coronavirus; pandemic; Baidu; Bing; DuckDuckGo; Google; Yandex; Yahoo	de
dc.title	How search engines disseminate information about COVID-19 and why they should do better	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
dc.source.volume	1	de
dc.publisher.country	USA	de
dc.source.issue	3	de
dc.subject.classoz	Interactive, electronic Media	en
dc.subject.classoz	Information Science	en
dc.subject.classoz	Informationswissenschaft	de
dc.subject.classoz	interaktive, elektronische Medien	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Desinformation	de
dc.subject.thesoz	online service	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Algorithmus	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Epidemie	de
dc.subject.thesoz	epidemic	en
dc.subject.thesoz	algorithm	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Informationsquelle	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Information	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Online-Dienst	de
dc.subject.thesoz	source of information	en
dc.subject.thesoz	search engine	en
dc.subject.thesoz	information	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Suchmaschine	de
dc.subject.thesoz	disinformation	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-74756-6
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
ssoar.contributor.institution	GESIS	de
internal.status	formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen	de
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dc.type.stock	article	de
internal.identifier.classoz	1080500
internal.identifier.classoz	1080404
internal.identifier.ddc	070
dc.source.issuetopic	Special Issue on COVID-19 and Misinformation	de
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-017	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
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internal.identifier.review	1
dc.subject.classhort	10800	de
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