@inproceedings{dcc83f8854094c28a059ce63c65b693e,
title = "Responsible opinion formation on debated topics in web search",
abstract = "Web search has evolved into a platform people rely on for opinion formation on debated topics. Yet, pursuing this search intent can carry serious consequences for individuals and society and involves a high risk of biases. We argue that web search can and should empower users to form opinions responsibly and that the information retrieval community is uniquely positioned to lead interdisciplinary efforts to this end. Building on digital humanism—a perspective focused on shaping technology to align with human values and needs—and through an extensive interdisciplinary literature review, we identify challenges and research opportunities that focus on the searcher, search engine, and their complex interplay. We outline a research agenda that provides a foundation for research efforts toward addressing these challenges.",
keywords = "debated topics, opinion formation, web search",
author = "Alisa Rieger and Tim Draws and Nicolas Mattis and David Maxwell and David Elsweiler and Ujwal Gadiraju and Dana McKay and Alessandro Bozzon and Pera, {Maria Soledad}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.; 46th European Conference on Information Retrieval, ECIR 2024 ; Conference date: 24-03-2024 Through 28-03-2024",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-56066-8_32",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783031560651",
volume = "4",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "437--465",
editor = "Nazli Goharian and Nicola Tonellotto and Yulan He and Aldo Lipani and Graham McDonald and Craig Macdonald and Iadh Ounis",
booktitle = "Advances in Information Retrieval",
address = "Germany",
}