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In Search of Search (& its Engines)

Research notes & miscellany from a research group focused on the intersection between media & information literacies and search, search engines, and search-adjacent recommender systems. Based at Lund University’s Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies.

Exploiting digital (il)literacy: extreme-right manipulations of the logics of search engines…

Exploiting digital (il)literacy: extreme-right manipulations of the logics of search engines…

by Ov Cristian Norocel and Dirk Lewandowski
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Ov Cristian Norocel
Sep 16, 2021
Imbalanced Agendas — Search engines still in the shadows in Sweden

Imbalanced Agendas — Search engines still in the shadows in Sweden

Is digital literacy on the agenda in Sweden?
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Ov Cristian Norocel
Jun 7, 2021
Why academics shouldn’t move fast and break things

Why academics shouldn’t move fast and break things

If scientists with PhDs don’t understand what Google results are and what they can tell us, what hope do the rest of us have?
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Alison Gerber
Apr 30, 2021
How an Open Web Index Could Help Solve the “Search Problem”

How an Open Web Index Could Help Solve the “Search Problem”

One search engine dominates what results we see — on the index as public infrastructure
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Dirk Lewandowski
Apr 13, 2021
Why Is It Better To Be First? Search, Ranking, and Order Effects

Why Is It Better To Be First? Search, Ranking, and Order Effects

A cognitive scientist’s perspective on why, exactly, we click so often on those first search results
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Annika Wallin
Apr 7, 2021
Algorithmic Recommendation Systems & Memetic Cultural Production

Algorithmic Recommendation Systems & Memetic Cultural Production

Gavin Feller on memes, search engines, and recommender systems
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Helena Sandberg
Apr 1, 2021
The Search Engine as Object of Study: An Interview with Richard Rogers

The Search Engine as Object of Study: An Interview with Richard Rogers

The evolution of Google and its critiques — ranking epistemology, personalization, algorithmic audits & misinformation studies
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Ov Cristian Norocel
Apr 1, 2021
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