How Algorithmic Intermediaries Shape Online Attention to News
As people seek news information online, platforms like Google, Twitter, Apple, Amazon and other news aggregators act as algorithmic gatekeepers and curators. In this talk, Nick Diakopoulos presented the results of several audit studies which shed light on the role that such algorithmic intermediaries play in mediating and influencing human attention towards the news.
Nick Diakopoulos is an Assistant Professor in Communication Studies and Computer Science (by courtesy) at Northwestern University where he is Director of the Computational Journalism Lab (CJL).
Recorded on Feb. 23, 2021. Presented by the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota.