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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Hey, Google, is it what the Holocaust looked like? |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | First Monday |
| Publisher | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 1396-0458 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Number | 10 |
| Page Range | 11562 |
| Date | 2021 |
| Abstract Text | By filtering and ranking information, search engines shape how individuals perceive both the present and past events. However, these information curation mechanisms are prone to malperformance that can misinform their users. In this article, we examine how search malperformance can influence representation of traumatic past by investigating image search outputs of six search engines in relation to the Holocaust in English and Russian. Our findings indicate that besides two common themes - commemoration and liberation of camps - there is substantial variation in visual representation of the Holocaust between search engines and languages. We also observe several instances of search malperformance, including content propagating antisemitism and Holocaust denial, misattributed images, and disproportionate visibility of specific Holocaust aspects that might result in its distorted perception by the public. |
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| Digital Object Identifier | 10.5210/fm.v26i10.11562 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:21564 |
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| Keywords | Computer Networks and Communications, Human-Computer Interaction |