Adverse phenomena such as the search engine manipulation effect (SEME), where web
search users change their attitude on a topic following whatever most highly-ranked search …

Featured snippets that attempt to satisfy users' information needs directly on top of the first
search engine results page (SERP) have been shown to strongly impact users' post-search …

People use web search engines to find information before forming opinions, which can lead
to practical decisions with different levels of impact. The cognitive effort of search can leave …

We present a cross-domain and multi-dialectal stance corpus for Arabic, covering the major
dialect groups and four Arab regions. This research provides an important language …

Opinionated users often seek information that aligns with their preexisting beliefs while
dismissing contradictory evidence due to confirmation bias. This conduct hinders their ability …

Web search has evolved into a platform people rely on for opinion formation on debated
topics. Yet, pursuing this search intent can carry serious consequences for individuals and …

Investigating public attitudes on social media is crucial for opinion mining systems. Stance
detection aims to predict the attitude towards a specific target expressed in a text. However …

Personalized news experiences powered by recommender systems permeate our lives and
have the potential to influence not only our opinions, but also our decisions. At the same …

The six-volume set LNCS 14608, 14609, 14609, 14610, 14611, 14612 and 14613
constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 46th European Conference on IR Research …

Prof. dr. G. Kortuem, Technische Universiteit Delft Prof. dr. U. Kruschwitz, Universität
Regensburg, Duitsland Prof. dr. C. Eickhoff, Universität Tübingen, Duitsland Prof. dr. M …