Know you algorithm: what media organizations need to explain to their users about news personalization external link
Abstract
Key Points:
- If the right to an explanation is expected to effectively safeguard users’ rights, it must be interpreted in a manner that takes the contextual risks algorithms pose to those rights into account.
- This article provides a framework of transparency instruments in the context of the news personalization algorithms employed by both traditional media organizations and social media companies.
- Explaining the impact on a user’s news diet and the role of editorial values in the algorithm is especially important in this context.
- Conversely, explanations of individual decisions and counterfactual explanations face specific practical and normative barriers that limit their utility.
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Bibtex
Article{Drunen2019,
title = {Know you algorithm: what media organizations need to explain to their users about news personalization},
author = {Drunen, M. van and Helberger, N. and Bastian, M.},
url = {https://academic.oup.com/idpl/advance-article/doi/10.1093/idpl/ipz011/5544759},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1093/idpl/ipz011},
year = {1001},
date = {2019-10-01},
journal = {International Data Privacy Law},
volume = {2019},
pages = {},
abstract = {Key Points:
- If the right to an explanation is expected to effectively safeguard users’ rights, it must be interpreted in a manner that takes the contextual risks algorithms pose to those rights into account.
- This article provides a framework of transparency instruments in the context of the news personalization algorithms employed by both traditional media organizations and social media companies.
- Explaining the impact on a user’s news diet and the role of editorial values in the algorithm is especially important in this context.
- Conversely, explanations of individual decisions and counterfactual explanations face specific practical and normative barriers that limit their utility.},
keywords = {algoritmes, frontpage, Journalistiek, medialaw, personalisatie},
}