New Perspectives on Personalised Search Results: Expertise and Institutionalisation

Tran, Theresa; Yerbury, Hilary

doi:10.1080/00048623.2015.1077302

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“…Since information on platforms such as Facebook can create information overload (Koroleva and Kane, 2017), personalization algorithms aim at reducing this overload by connecting users with more relevant content (Rader, 2017). For example, personalized search engines have become a common source of knowledge and people seem to accept the information authority of the large platform providers, such as Google, despite the fact that filtering leads to people seeing increasingly narrow sets of search results when compared to the actual variety available (Tran and Yerbury, 2015).…”

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Future scenarios of the collaborative economy

Fehrer

Benoit

Aksoy

et al. 2018

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Purpose The collaborative economy (CE), and within it, collaborative consumption (CC) has become a central element of the global economy and has substantially disrupted service markets (e.g. accommodation and individual transportation). The purpose of this paper is to explore the trends and develop future scenarios for market structures in the CE. This allows service providers and public policy makers to better prepare for potential future disruption. Design/methodology/approach Thought experiments – theoretically grounded in population ecology (PE) – are used to extrapolate future scenarios beyond the boundaries of existing observations. Findings The patterns suggested by PE forecast developmental trajectories of CE leading to one of the following three future scenarios of market structures: the centrally orchestrated CE, the social bubbles CE, and the decentralized autonomous CE. Research limitations/implications The purpose of this research was to create CE future scenarios in 2050 to stretch one’s consideration of possible futures. What unfolds in the next decade and beyond could be similar, a variation of or entirely different than those described. Social implications Public policy makers need to consider how regulations – often designed for a time when existing technologies were inconceivable – can remain relevant for the developing CE. This research reveals challenges including distribution of power, insularity, and social compensation mechanisms that need consideration across states and national borders. Originality/value This research tests the robustness of assumptions used today for significant, plausible market changes in the future. It provides considerable value in exploring challenges for public policy given the broad societal, economic, and political implications of the present market predictions.

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Future scenarios of the collaborative economy

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Benoit

Aksoy

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“…Academic librarians may develop in students 'habits of mind' (Bourdieu and Passeron, 1977), through carefully designed learning experiences. Tran and Yerbury (2015) showed how recent graduates used the information skills they had learned to assert their own criteria on the outputs of searches conducted in their workplace; they were able to demonstrate and articulate their thinking, that is, their 'habits of mind' in the face of Google's so-called filter bubble. These 'habits of mind', while at one level belonging to an individual, can be seen as shared knowledge 'within the community', whether of students, employees or citizens (Rivano Eckerdal, 2017, 1011.…”

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Libraries and Democracy: Complementarity in a Regime of Truth

Yerbury¹,

Henninger²

2019

Informed Societies

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Western culture has developed based on notions that truth, by overcoming falsehood, underpins democracy. However, Rose and Barros (2017) claim we are no longer concerned with creating a consensus of knowledge, and Harsin (2015) that we are undergoing a shift from a regime of truth to a regime of post-truth (ROPT), where citizens acknowledge that they cannot easily verify a truth claim. Traditionally, libraries and librarians have played an important part in the provision of information to support democracy and the democratic processes. In this context, this chapter reports on a study conducted in 2017 which explores and compares the respective contributions of public libraries and university libraries in Sydney, Australia, to supporting democratic processes. It concludes that in spite of a shift from an institutionally-based view of truth to one focussing on an individual, librarians are still concerned with principles that underpin the understanding of quality in information. Democracy and library servicesWestern culture has developed based on notions that truth, by overcoming falsehood, underpins democracy. However, Rose and Barros (1983) claim we are no longer concerned with creating a consensus of knowledge, and Harsin (2015) asserts that we are undergoing a shift from a regime of truth to a regime of post-truth, where citizens acknowledge that they cannot easily verify a truth claim. Foucault (1980) -whose influence on thinking on the relationship between information, knowledge and authority is described by Andrew Whitworth in chapter 2 of this book -wrote that 'each society has its regime of truth, its general politics of truth: that is the type of discourse which it accepts and makes function as true, the mechanisms and instances which enables one to distinguish true and false statements' (1980, 131). Foucault's regimes of truth are produced by institutions in which there are relatively clear processes for identifying the authority of the source of a message and therefore the credibility of that message, control over channels of communication is understood, the processes for validation of the content of messages are recognised, mechanisms for addressing audiences are regulated and competing messages can be categorised so that the flow of information is not overwhelming.For Harsin (2015), key factors in a regime of post-truth include fragmentation of sources of information leading to a dilution of authority, the creation of social groups bounded by the use of technology, content targeted to these bounded groups, along with shifts in journalistic practices, political communication and the speed of communication. Lewandowsky, Cook and Ecker (2017, 420) identified seven societal trends indicating 'the emergence of a post-truth world', although they acknowledge that this list may not be exhaustive. These included declining trust in institutions and civic engagement, as well as in science and research findings, fragmentation in sources and audiences, growing inequality in society, polarisation in politics and ...

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Building Civic Engagement in Smart Cities

Adetayo

2022

Advances in Library and Information Science

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Climate change, poverty, and economic inequality are some of the threats to civilization in today's cities. This has given rise to the development of smart cities as a solution to the threat. However, this smart initiative did not solve the problem. In the face of this predicament, in order for cities to maintain their position, civic engagement must be undertaken by involving citizens in finding a collective solution with the support of smart library. Cities cannot plan or position themselves effectively until they grasp and exploit the existence of the smart library. The chapter explores the practical application of smart libraries to civic engagement. It identifies smart library strategies for building civic engagement in smart cities. The chapter also identifies possible challenges to smart library initiatives in smart cities and makes recommendations.

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New Perspectives on Personalised Search Results: Expertise and Institutionalisation

Cited by 3 publications

References 21 publications

Future scenarios of the collaborative economy

Future scenarios of the collaborative economy

Libraries and Democracy: Complementarity in a Regime of Truth

Building Civic Engagement in Smart Cities

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