Publications

CP3 members regularly publish their research in peer-reviewed journal publications and conference proceedings. The following is a list of our published work, which contributes to our understanding of the relationship between personalization algorithms and society. Browse our publications by year.

2024

Biddle, K., Ekdale, B., High, A., Stoldt, R., & Maragh-Lloyd, R. (2024). Beyond ‘Lulz’ and ‘Keyboard warriors’: Exploring the relationship between trolling and radicalization. Information, Communication & Society. Advanced online publication.

Chandio, S., Dar, M. D. P., & Nithyanand, R. (2024). How Audit Methods Impact Our Understanding of YouTube’s Recommendation Systems. Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2024).

Vekaria, Y., Nithyanand, R., & Shafiq, Z. (2024). The Inventory is Dark and Full of Misinformation: Understanding the Abuse of Ad Inventory Pooling in the Ad-Tech Supply Chain. In Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy, 2024

2023

Stoldt, R., Maragh-Lloyd, R., Havens, T., Ekdale, B., & High, A. C. (2023). Using racial discourse communities to audit personalization algorithms. Communication, Culture & Critique. 13(3), 158–165.

Habib, H., & Nithyanand, R. (2023). The Morbid Realities of Social Media: An Investigation into the Narratives Shared by the Deceased Victims of COVID-19. Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2023).

2022

Dunna, A., Keith, K., Zuckerman, E., Vallina-Rodriguez, N., O’Connor, B., and Nithyanand, R. (2022) Paying attention to the algorithm behind the curtain: Bringing transparency to YouTube’s demonetization algorithms. Proceedings of 2022 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2022).

Habib, H., Musa, M., Zaffar, F., and Nithyanand, R. (2022) Are proactive interventions for Reddit communities feasible? Proceedings of 2022 AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2022).

Habib, H., and Nithyanand, R. (2022) Exploring the magnitude and effects of media influence on Reddit. Proceedings of 2022 AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2022).

Peterson, A., High, A., Maragh-Lloyd, R., Stoldt, R., & Ekdale, B. (2022) Trust in online search results during uncertain times. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 66(5): 751-771.

Habib, H., Srinivasan, P., and Nithyanand, R. (2022) Pathways to Radical Misogyny: How Participation, Interaction, and Perception in Online Communities Increase Radical Behavior. Proceedings of 2022 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2022).

2019

Le, H., Maragh, R., Ekdale, B., High, A., Havens, T., & Shafiq, Z. (2019) Measuring political personalization of Google news search. Proceedings of the 2019 The World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2019).