Bias in online freelance marketplaces: Evidence from taskrabbit and fiverr

A Hannák, C Wagner, D Garcia, A Mislove… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Online freelancing marketplaces have grown quickly in recent years. In theory, these sites
offer workers the ability to earn money without the obligations and potential social biases …

First I" like" it, then I hide it: Folk Theories of Social Feeds

M Eslami, K Karahalios, C Sandvig, K Vaccaro… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Many online platforms use curation algorithms that are opaque to the user. Recent work
suggests that discovering a filtering algorithm's existence in a curated feed influences user …

Peeking beneath the hood of uber

L Chen, A Mislove, C Wilson - Proceedings of the 2015 internet …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Recently, Uber has emerged as a leader in the" sharing economy". Uber is a" ride sharing"
service that matches willing drivers with customers looking for rides. However, unlike other …

Investigating the impact of gender on rank in resume search engines

L Chen, R Ma, A Hannák, C Wilson - … of the 2018 chi conference on …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
In this work we investigate gender-based inequalities in the context of resume search
engines, which are tools that allow recruiters to proactively search for candidates based on …

Suppressing the search engine manipulation effect (SEME)

R Epstein, RE Robertson, D Lazer… - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
A recent series of experiments demonstrated that introducing ranking bias to election-related
search engine results can have a strong and undetectable influence on the preferences of …

Auditing the personalization and composition of politically-related search engine results pages

RE Robertson, D Lazer, C Wilson - Proceedings of the 2018 World Wide …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Search engines are a primary means through which people obtain information in today» s
connected world. Yet, apart from the search engine companies themselves, little is known …

More accounts, fewer links: How algorithmic curation impacts media exposure in Twitter timelines

J Bandy, N Diakopoulos - Proceedings of the ACM on human-computer …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Algorithmic timeline curation is now an integral part of Twitter's platform, affecting information
exposure for more than 150 million daily active users. Despite its large-scale and high …

Location, location, location: The impact of geolocation on web search personalization

C Kliman-Silver, A Hannak, D Lazer, C Wilson… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
To cope with the immense amount of content on the web, search engines often use complex
algorithms to personalize search results for individual users. However, personalization of …

Introduction to the role of information and communication technologies in polarization

I Qureshi, B Bhatt, S Gupta, AA Tiwari - Causes and symptoms of socio …, 2022 - Springer
The year 2020 has been a testing ground for the progress towards a cohesive and
sustainable future envisaged through the advancement in Information and Communication …

Curating quality? How Twitter's timeline algorithm treats different types of news

J Bandy, N Diakopoulos - Social Media+ Society, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores how Twitter's algorithmic timeline influences exposure to different types
of external media. We use an agent-based testing method to compare chronological …