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Search engine effects on news consumption: Ranking and representativeness outweigh familiarity in news selection

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dc.contributor.authorUlloa, Robertode
dc.contributor.authorKacperski, Celina Sylwiade
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-21T11:06:04Z
dc.date.available2023-06-21T11:06:04Z
dc.date.issued2023de
dc.identifier.issn1461-7315de
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/86993
dc.description.abstractWhile individuals' trust in search engine results is well-supported, little is known about their preferences when selecting news. We use web-tracked behavioral data across a 2-month period (280 participants) and we analyze three competing factors, two algorithmic (ranking and representativeness) and one psychological (familiarity), that could influence the selection of search results. We use news engagement as a proxy for familiarity and investigate news articles presented on Google search pages (n = 1221). We find a significant effect of algorithmic factors but not of familiarity. We find that ranking plays a lesser role for news compared to non-news, suggesting a more careful decision-making process. We confirm that Google Search drives individuals to unfamiliar sources, and find that it increases the diversity of the political audience of news sources. We tackle the challenge of measuring social science theories in contexts shaped by algorithms, demonstrating their leverage over the behaviors of individuals.de
dc.languageende
dc.subject.ddcNews media, journalism, publishingen
dc.subject.ddcPublizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesende
dc.subject.otherFamiliarity; news consumption; news diversity; search engines; web trackingde
dc.titleSearch engine effects on news consumption: Ranking and representativeness outweigh familiarity in news selectionde
dc.description.reviewbegutachtet (peer reviewed)de
dc.description.reviewpeer revieweden
dc.source.journalNew Media & Society
dc.publisher.countryGBRde
dc.source.issueOnlineFirstde
dc.subject.classozInteractive, electronic Mediaen
dc.subject.classozWirkungsforschung, Rezipientenforschungde
dc.subject.classozImpact Research, Recipient Researchen
dc.subject.classozinteraktive, elektronische Mediende
dc.subject.thesozInformationsquellede
dc.subject.thesozNachrichtende
dc.subject.thesoznewsen
dc.subject.thesozRankingde
dc.subject.thesozrankingen
dc.subject.thesozinformation-seeking behavioren
dc.subject.thesozsource of informationen
dc.subject.thesozsearch engineen
dc.subject.thesozSuchmaschinede
dc.subject.thesozInformationsverhaltende
dc.subject.thesozAlgorithmusde
dc.subject.thesozalgorithmen
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-86993-0
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Attribution 4.0en
dc.rights.licenceCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0de
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dc.source.pageinfo1-27de
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231154926de
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