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Benefits of Diverse News Recommendations for Democracy: A User Study

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2022
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Heitz, L., Lischka, J. A., Birrer, A., Paudel, B., Tolmeijer, S., Laugwitz, L., & Bernstein, A. (2022). Benefits of Diverse News Recommendations for Democracy: A User Study. Digital Journalism, 10(10), 1710–1730. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2021.2021804

Abstract

Abstract

Abstract

News recommender systems provide a technological architecture that helps shaping public discourse. Following a normative approach to news recommender system design, we test utility and external effects of a diversity-aware news recommender algorithm. In an experimental study using a custom-built news app, we show that diversity-optimized recommendations (1) perform similar to methods optimizing for user preferences regarding user utility, (2) that diverse news recommendations are related to a higher tolerance for opposing views, espec

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Digital Journalism

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10

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10

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1710

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1730

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Journal Article

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Keywords

Algorithmic curation, ethics, journalism, political polarization, public sphere, recommender systems, user preferences

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Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)

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English

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2022-11-26

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2022-03-18

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2167-0811

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Hybrid

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merlin-id:22084

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138 since deposited on 2022-03-18
135last week
Acq. date: 2025-11-14

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187 since deposited on 2022-03-18
186last week
Acq. date: 2025-11-14

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Heitz, L., Lischka, J. A., Birrer, A., Paudel, B., Tolmeijer, S., Laugwitz, L., & Bernstein, A. (2022). Benefits of Diverse News Recommendations for Democracy: A User Study. Digital Journalism, 10(10), 1710–1730. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2021.2021804

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