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Profiling and targeting news readers – implications for the democratic role of the digital media, user rights and public information policy
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| Coordinator |
UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM
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| Coordinator Country | Netherlands [NL] |
| Total cost | 1˙479˙515 € |
| EC max contribution | 1˙479˙515 € (100%) |
| Programme |
1. H2020-EU.1.1. (EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)) |
| Code Call | ERC-2014-STG |
| Funding Scheme | ERC-STG |
| Starting year | 2015 |
| Duration (year-month-day) | from 2015-08-01 to 2020-07-31 |
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| 1 | UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM | NL (AMSTERDAM) | coordinator | 1˙479˙515.00 |
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Project objective
In the digital media environment, user attention is scarce and competition for ‘eyeballs’ is fierce. Profiling and targeting readers with customised news and advertisements that match their individual interests is widely seen as a solution. The personalization of news media content enables new financing strategies and means to capture the audience’s attention. But personalisation is also part of a more fundamental paradigm shift in the media’s role from public interest intermediary to personal information coach. This research will answer critical questions about the implications for individual users and contribute to a new normative theory of the role of personalised media in a democratic society.
To do so, this project integrates legal research, communication sciences and political sciences, undertakes comparative, normative and evidence-based research, and carries out experiments, interviews and a survey. Two communication science postdocs will conduct empirical research into user concerns, the conditions that affect users’ acceptance of media personalisation (postdoc 1), and how personalisation affects journalistic practices and ethics (postdoc 2). Informed by these insights, two PhD students will scrutinise the legal framework and answer important questions about the legal protection of the public’s trust in editorial integrity (PhD 1) and autonomous, non-discriminatory information access (PhD 2). The PI will develop a normative framework of personalised media, based on the empirical research and political theories about the democratic role of the media. This responds to the criticism that existing theories are increasingly disconnected from the realities of digital media and their distinct contribution to democratic and participatory processes. The project will explore the potential of personalisation to expose citizens to more relevant or diverse content, thus reversing widespread concerns about information overload, filter bubbles and selective exposure.
Publications
| year | authors and title | journal | last update |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 |
Neil Thurman, Judith Moeller, Natali Helberger, Damian Trilling My Friends, Editors, Algorithms, and I published pages: 447-469, ISSN: 2167-0811, DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2018.1493936 |
Digital Journalism 7/4 | 2020-04-23 |
| 2019 |
Judith Möller, Robbert Nicolai van de Velde, Lisa Merten, Cornelius Puschmann Explaining Online News Engagement Based on Browsing Behavior: Creatures of Habit? published pages: 89443931982801, ISSN: 0894-4393, DOI: 10.1177/0894439319828012 |
Social Science Computer Review | 2020-04-23 |
| 2018 |
Judith Möller, Damian Trilling, Natali Helberger, Bram van Es Do not blame it on the algorithm: an empirical assessment of multiple recommender systems and their impact on content diversity published pages: 959-977, ISSN: 1369-118X, DOI: 10.1080/1369118x.2018.1444076 |
Information, Communication & Society 21/7 | 2020-04-23 |
| 2019 |
Natali Helberger On the Democratic Role of News Recommenders published pages: 993-1012, ISSN: 2167-0811, DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2019.1623700 |
Digital Journalism 7/8 | 2020-04-23 |
| 2019 |
Bodo, Balazs; Helberger, Natali; Eskens, Sarah; Moeller, Judith Interested in Diversity: The role of user attitudes, algorithmic feedback loops, and policy in news personalization published pages: 206-229, ISSN: 2167-0811, DOI: |
Digital Journalism | 2020-04-23 |
| 2016 |
Helberger, N., Karpinnen, K., & D\'Acunto, L. Exposure diversity as a design principle for recommender systems published pages: , ISSN: 1369-118X, DOI: |
Information, Communication & Society | 2020-04-23 |
| 2016 |
Zuiderveen Borgesius, F. J., Trilling, D. C., Möller, J. E., Eskens, S. J., Bodó, B., de Vreese, C. H. & Helberger, N. Algoritmische verzuiling en filter bubbles: een bedreiging voor de democratie?. published pages: , ISSN: 0771-7784, DOI: |
Computerrecht | 2020-04-23 |
| 2017 |
Zuiderveen Borgesius, F.J.; Kruikemeier, S.; Boerman, S.C.; Helberger, N. Tracking Walls, Take-It-Or-Leave-It Choices, the GDPR, and the ePrivacy Regulation published pages: , ISSN: 2364-2831, DOI: |
European Data Protection Law Review, 3(3), 353 - 368 1 | 2020-04-23 |
| 2017 |
Natali Helberger, Kari Karppinen, Lucia D’Acunto Exposure diversity as a design principle for recommender systems published pages: 191-207, ISSN: 1369-118X, DOI: 10.1080/1369118x.2016.1271900 |
Information, Communication & Society 21/2 | 2020-04-23 |
| 2017 |
Helberger, N.; Pierson, J.; Poell, T. Governing online platforms: From contested to cooperative responsibility published pages: , ISSN: 0197-2243, DOI: |
VOLUME=34;ISSUE=1;STARTPAGE=1;ENDPAGE=14;ISSN=0197-2243;TITLE=The Information Society 1 | 2020-04-23 |
| 2017 |
Irion, K., & Helberger, N. Smart TV and the online media sector: User privacy in view of changing market realities. Telecommunications Policy (online first) published pages: , ISSN: 0308-5961, DOI: |
Telecommunications Policy | 2020-04-23 |
| 2017 |
Helberger, Zuiderveen-Borgesius, Reyna The perfect match? A closer look at the relationship between EU consumer law and data protection law published pages: , ISSN: 0165-0750, DOI: |
Common Market Law Review | 2020-04-23 |
| 2017 |
Bodó, B., Helberger, N., Irion, K., Borgesius Zuiderveen, F. J., Moller, J., van der Velde, B., Vreese, C. H. de. Tackling the Algorithmic Control Crisis – the Technical, Legal, and Ethical Challenges of Research into Algorithmic Agents. . published pages: 133, ISSN: 0889-7743, DOI: |
Yale Journal of Law & Technology, 19, 133 | 2020-04-23 |
| 2018 |
Helberger Challenging Diversity - Social Media Platforms and a New Conception of Media Diversity published pages: 153-175, ISSN: , DOI: |
Digital Dominance. The Power of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple | 2020-04-23 |
| 2018 |
Möller, J.; Trilling, D.; Helberger, N.; van Es, B. Do not blame it on the algorithm: An empirical assessment of multiple recommender systems and their impact on content diversity published pages: , ISSN: 1369-118X, DOI: |
VOLUME=21;ISSUE=7;STARTPAGE=959;ENDPAGE=977;ISSN=1369-118X;TITLE=Information Communication and Society 1 | 2020-04-23 |
| 2018 |
Zuiderveen Borgesius, F.J.; Möller, J.; Kruikemeier, S.; Ó Fathaigh, R.; Irion, K.; Dobber, T.; Bodo, B.; de Vreese, C. Online Political Microtargeting: Promises and Threats for Democracy published pages: , ISSN: 1871-515X, DOI: |
urn:issn:1871-515X 1 | 2020-04-23 |
| 2016 |
Moeller, J., Trilling, D., Helberger, N., Irion, K., & De Vreese, C. Shrinking core? Exploring the differential agenda setting power of traditional and personalized news media published pages: , ISSN: 1463-6697, DOI: |
Info | 2020-04-23 |
| 2016 |
Helberger, N. Policy implications from algorithmic profiling and the changing relationship between newsreaders and the media. Javnost, 23(2), 188-203 published pages: , ISSN: 1318-3222, DOI: |
Javnost | 2020-04-23 |
| 2017 |
Zuiderveen Borgesius, F.J.; Trilling, D.; Möller, J.; Eskens, S.; Bodó, B.; de Vreese, C.H.; Helberger, N. Algoritmische verzuiling en filter bubbles: een bedreiging voor de democratie? published pages: , ISSN: 0771-7784, DOI: |
urn:issn:0771-7784 1 | 2020-04-23 |
| 2017 |
Eskens, S.; Helberger, N.; Moeller, J. Challenged by news personalisation: five perspectives on the right to receive information published pages: , ISSN: 1757-7632, DOI: |
VOLUME=9;ISSUE=2;STARTPAGE=259;ENDPAGE=284;ISSN=1757-7632;TITLE=Journal of Media Law 1 | 2020-04-23 |
| 2016 |
Helberger, N. Merely facilitating or actively stimulating diverse media choices? Public service media at the crossroad published pages: , ISSN: 1932-8036, DOI: |
International Journal of Communication | 2020-04-23 |
| 2016 |
Zuiderveen Borgesius, F.J., Trilling, D.C., Möller, J.E., Bodo, B., Vreese, C.H. de & Helberger, N. Should We Worry about Filter Bubbles? Internet Policy Review, 5 (1) published pages: , ISSN: 2197-6775, DOI: |
Internet Policy Review | 2020-04-23 |
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