Intra-list similarity and human diversity perceptions of recommendations: the details matter

M Jesse, C Bauer, D Jannach - User Modeling and User-Adapted …, 2023 - Springer
The diversity of the generated item suggestions can be an important quality factor of a
recommender system. In offline experiments, diversity is commonly assessed with the help …

Where are the Values? A Systematic Literature Review on News Recommender Systems

C Bauer, C Bagchi, OA Hundogan… - ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
In the recommender systems field, it is increasingly recognized that focusing on accuracy
measures is limiting and misguided. Unsurprisingly, in recent years, the field has witnessed …

Incorporating editorial feedback in the evaluation of news recommender systems

B Mahmood, M Elahi, S Touileb, L Steskal… - Adjunct Proceedings of …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Research in the recommender systems field typically applies a rather traditional evaluation
methodology when assessing the quality of recommendations. This methodology heavily …

User perceptions of diversity in recommender systems

P Dokoupil, L Boratto, L Peska - … of the 32nd ACM Conference on User …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
In the context of recommender systems (RS), the concept of diversity is probably the most
studied perspective beyond mere accuracy. Despite the extensive development of diversity …

[PDF][PDF] Topical Preference Trumps Other Features in News Recommendation: A Conjoint Analysis on a Representative Sample from Norway.

E Knudsen, AD Starke, C Trattner - INRA@ RecSys, 2023 - mediafutures.no
Most news recommender systems face a 'permanent cold-start problem'[20]. Therefore,
besides showing the most recent items [1], many news recommender applications focus on …

Examining the merits of feature-specific similarity functions in the news domain using human judgments

AD Starke, VR Solberg, S Øverhaug… - User Modeling and User …, 2024 - Springer
Online news article recommendations are typically of the 'more like this' type, generated by
similarity functions. Across three studies, we examined the representativeness of different …

Perception versus Reality: Evaluating User Awareness of Political Selective Exposure in News Recommender Systems

A Starke, AS Bremnes, E Knudsen, D Trilling… - Adjunct Proceedings of …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
News Recommender Systems (NRSs) have become increasingly pivotal in shaping the
news landscape, particularly in how news is disseminated. This has also led to concerns …

Shaping the Future of Content-based News Recommenders: Insights from Evaluating Feature-Specific Similarity Metrics

D Rosnes, AD Starke, C Trattner - … of the 32nd ACM Conference on User …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
In news media, recommender system technology faces several domain-specific challenges.
The continuous stream of new content and users deems content-based recommendation …

[PDF][PDF] Negativity Sells? Using an LLM to Affectively Reframe News Articles in a Recommender System

JH Jeng, GAB Kasangu, AD Starke… - ACM Conference …, 2024 - christophtrattner.info
Recent developments in artificial intelligence allow newsrooms to automate journalistic
choices and processes. In doing so, news framing can impact people's engagement with …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding How News Recommender Systems Influence Selective Exposure.

KMA Seddik, E Knudsen, D Trilling… - BehavRec …, 2023 - christophtrattner.com
News recommender systems (NRSs) offer benefits in the realm of information consumption
and personalized news delivery. Yet, some critics argue that overly personalized news …