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Viewpoint Diversity in Search Results

verfasst von : Tim Draws, Nirmal Roy, Oana Inel, Alisa Rieger, Rishav Hada, Mehmet Orcun Yalcin, Benjamin Timmermans, Nava Tintarev

Erschienen in: Advances in Information Retrieval

Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

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Abstract

Adverse phenomena such as the search engine manipulation effect (SEME), where web search users change their attitude on a topic following whatever most highly-ranked search results promote, represent crucial challenges for research and industry. However, the current lack of automatic methods to comprehensively measure or increase viewpoint diversity in search results complicates the understanding and mitigation of such effects. This paper proposes a viewpoint bias metric that evaluates the divergence from a pre-defined scenario of ideal viewpoint diversity considering two essential viewpoint dimensions (i.e., stance and logic of evaluation). In a case study, we apply this metric to actual search results and find considerable viewpoint bias in search results across queries, topics, and search engines that could lead to adverse effects such as SEME. We subsequently demonstrate that viewpoint diversity in search results can be dramatically increased using existing diversification algorithms. The methods proposed in this paper can assist researchers and practitioners in evaluating and improving viewpoint diversity in search results.

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Fußnoten
1
Due to error, we used the \(2^{nd}\) most common supporting query for the IPR topic.
 
2
The retrieval took place on December 12th, 2021 in the Netherlands.
 
3
Note that viewpoint labels do not refer to specific web search queries, but always to the topic (or claim) at hand. For example, a search result supporting the idea that students should have to wear school uniforms always receives a positive stance label (i.e., 1, 2, or 3), no matter what query was used to retrieve it.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Viewpoint Diversity in Search Results
verfasst von
Tim Draws
Nirmal Roy
Oana Inel
Alisa Rieger
Rishav Hada
Mehmet Orcun Yalcin
Benjamin Timmermans
Nava Tintarev
Copyright-Jahr
2023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28244-7_18