[Air-L] research protocols in search engines

[Michael T Zimmer]

I was thinking something similar. If one hopes to compensation for “algorithmic distortions” that presumes the ability to measure such a “distortion”, which necessitates the existence of some “natural” set of results not impacted by an algorithm.

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> On Oct 16, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Alex Halavais <alex at halavais.net> wrote:
> 
> I am afraid that I don't have a good answer to this question. I am,
> however, intrigued by the phrase "algorithmic distortion" in search as
> it suggests the existence of an un-distorted search. Just as a lense
> is made to distort light, a search engine is made to distort the
> corpus it is searching. I wonder (paging Innis) if there is a case for
> the existence of unalgorithmed data. It seems unlikely...
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 3:34 AM, Donatella Selva
> <donatellaselva at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear Aoirsts,
>> I am trying to find some common research protocol to use search engines for
>> social research.
>> In particular, I am interested in the following topics:
>> - how to compensate for algorithmic distorsions
>> - how many pages of results must be consulted
>> 
>> I am sure the community of Aoirsts could help me :)
>> Thank you in advance and have a good day!
>> 
>> Donatella Selva
>> Postdoc researcher at Centre for Media and Democratic Innovations
>> Luiss University, Italy
>> @donaselva
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