In the past few years, there has been much work on incorporating fairness requirements into
algorithmic rankers, with contributions coming from the data management, algorithms …

People are susceptible to an array of cognitive biases, which can result in systematic errors
and deviations from rational decision making. Over the past decade, an increasing amount …

If popular online platforms systematically expose their users to partisan and unreliable news,
they could potentially contribute to societal issues such as rising political polarization,. This …

Algorithms are ubiquitous and critical sources of information online, increasingly acting as
gatekeepers for users accessing or sharing information about virtually any topic, including …

In a study conducted across an urban school district, we tested a classroom-based
intervention in which students were taught online evaluation strategies drawn from research …

To be an informed citizen in today's information-rich environment, individuals must be able
to evaluate information they encounter on the Internet. However, teachers currently have …

In offering personalized content geared toward users' individual interests, recommender
systems are assumed to reduce news diversity and thus lead to partial information blindness …

Across the globe, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft have accumulated
power in ways that existing regulatory and intellectual frameworks struggle to comprehend …

A book that challenges everything you thought you knew about the online economy The
internet was supposed to fragment audiences and make media monopolies impossible …

Public opinion is shaped in significant part by online content, spread via social media and
curated algorithmically. The current online ecosystem has been designed predominantly to …