The Democratizing Effects of Search Engine Use: On Chance Exposures and Organizational Hubs Export

@incollection{LevOn08, abstract = {In this paper I highlight two implications of the widespread use of search engines, which are often overlooked by commentators. In the first part of the paper I argue that search engines are conducive to unplanned exposures to diverse and even opposing views. In the second part I argue that search engines indirectly contribute to emergent political organization, since they allow large numbers of people to locate and access organizational hubs of collective action. I conclude by pointing to the democratic significance of these properties.}, author = {Lev-On, A.}, citeulike-article-id = {5340478}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75829-7_9}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/h7v4221x3v873w48}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-75829-7_9}, journal = {Web Search}, keywords = {search\_engines, web\_epistemology}, pages = {135--149}, posted-at = {2009-08-03 14:37:04}, priority = {2}, title = {The Democratizing Effects of Search Engine Use: On Chance Exposures and Organizational Hubs}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75829-7_9}, year = {2008} }

TY - CHAP ID - LevOn08 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5340478 N2 - In this paper I highlight two implications of the widespread use of search engines, which are often overlooked by commentators. In the first part of the paper I argue that search engines are conducive to unplanned exposures to diverse and even opposing views. In the second part I argue that search engines indirectly contribute to emergent political organization, since they allow large numbers of people to locate and access organizational hubs of collective action. I conclude by pointing to the democratic significance of these properties. JF - Web Search EP - 149 TI - The Democratizing Effects of Search Engine Use: On Chance Exposures and Organizational Hubs SP - 135 KW - search_engines KW - web_epistemology AU - Lev-On, A PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75829-7_9 ER -