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dc.contributor.author | Germano, Fabrizio |
dc.contributor.author | Sobbrio, Francesco |
dc.contributor.other | Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-25T09:27:08Z |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-25T09:27:08Z |
dc.date.issued | 2016-12-31 |
dc.identifier | https://econ-papers.upf.edu/ca/paper.php?id=1552 |
dc.identifier.citation | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10230/33903 |
dc.description.abstract | Ranking algorithms are the information gatekeepers of the Internet era. We develop a stylized framework to study the effects of ranking algorithms on opinion dynamics. We consider rankings that depend on popularity and on personalization. We find that popularity driven rankings can enhance asymptotic learning while personalized ones can both inhibit or enhance it, depending on whether individuals have common or private value preferences. We also find that ranking algorithms can contribute towards the diffusion of misinformation (e.g., fake news ), since lower ex-ante accuracy of content of minority websites can actually increase their overall traffic share. |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Economics and Business Working Papers Series; 1552 |
dc.rights | L'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commons |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ |
dc.title | Opinion dynamics via search engines (and other algorithmic gatekeepers) |
dc.title.alternative | |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper |
dc.date.modified | 2020-05-25T09:25:08Z |
dc.subject.keyword | ranking algorithms |
dc.subject.keyword | opinion dynamics |
dc.subject.keyword | website traffic |
dc.subject.keyword | asymptotic learning |
dc.subject.keyword | stochastic choice |
dc.subject.keyword | misinformation |
dc.subject.keyword | polarization |
dc.subject.keyword | search engines |
dc.subject.keyword | fake news. |
dc.subject.keyword | Microeconomics |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |