no code implementations • 24 Jan 2024 • Elizaveta Kuznetsova, Mykola Makhortykh, Maryna Sydorova, Aleksandra Urman, Ilaria Vitulano, Martha Stolze
These observations stress the possibility of AICSs being vulnerable to manipulation, in particular in the case of the unfolding propaganda campaigns, and underline the importance of monitoring performance of these systems to prevent it.
no code implementations • 20 Dec 2023 • Elizaveta Kuznetsova, Mykola Makhortykh, Victoria Vziatysheva, Martha Stolze, Ani Baghumyan, Aleksandra Urman
These findings highlight the potential of LLM-based chatbots in tackling different forms of false information in online environments, but also points to the substantial variation in terms of how such potential is realized due to specific factors, such as language of the prompt or the topic.
no code implementations • 9 Nov 2022 • Roberto Ulloa, Mykola Makhortykh, Aleksandra Urman, Juhi Kulshrestha
The 2020 US elections news coverage was extensive, with new pieces of information generated rapidly.
no code implementations • 22 Sep 2022 • Mykola Makhortykh, Aleksandra Urman, Roberto Ulloa
In today's high-choice media environment, search engines play an integral role in informing individuals and societies about the latest events.
no code implementations • 1 Jul 2022 • Mykola Makhortykh, Ernesto de León, Aleksandra Urman, Clara Christner, Maryna Sydorova, Silke Adam, Michaela Maier, Teresa Gil-Lopez
The growing availability of data about online information behaviour enables new possibilities for political communication research.
no code implementations • 2 Dec 2021 • Aleksandra Urman, Mykola Makhortykh, Roberto Ulloa, Juhi Kulshrestha
Web search engines are important online information intermediaries that are frequently used and highly trusted by the public despite multiple evidence of their outputs being subjected to inaccuracies and biases.
no code implementations • 26 Jun 2021 • Mykola Makhortykh, Aleksandra Urman, Roberto Ulloa
Web search engines influence perception of social reality by filtering and ranking information.
no code implementations • 4 Jun 2021 • Aleksandra Urman, Mykola Makhortykh, Roberto Ulloa
We audit the presence of domain-level source diversity bias in video search results.
no code implementations • WS 2019 • Felix Soldner, Justin Chun-ting Ho, Mykola Makhortykh, Isabelle W.J. van der Vegt, Maximilian Mozes, Bennett Kleinberg
We found that the use of two sentiment patterns differed significantly depending on political leaning.