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It ain’t easy: Using normatively motivated news diversification to facilitate policy support, tolerance, and political participation

Nicolas Mattis, Philipp K. Masur, Judith Moeller,

Information, Communication & Society (2024), 18 pp.

"Proponents of ‘democratic news recommender design’ argue that algorithmic news diversification may facilitate democratic participation. However, while various news diversification metrics have been proposed in recent years, few of them have been put to the test with real users. To assess the pr ... more

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Towards a Normative Perspective on Journalistic AI: Embracing the Messy Reality of Normative Ideals

Natali Helberger, Max van Drunen, Judith Moeller, Sanne Vrijenhoek, Sarah Eskens

Digital Journalism, volume 10, issue 10 (2022), pp. 1605-1626

"Few would disagree that AI systems and applications need to be “responsible,” but what is “responsible” and how to answer that question? Answering that question requires a normative perspective on the role of journalistic AI and the values it shall serve. Such a perspective needs to be grou ... more

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The Unified Framework of Media Diversity: A Systematic Literature Review

Felicia Loecherbach, Judith Moeller, Damian Trilling, Wouter van Atteveldt

Digital Journalism, volume 8, issue 5 (2020), pp. 605-642

"[...] this study provides an extensive overview of conceptualizations and operationalizations of media diversity in different fields using a systematic literature review (1999–2018). This showed a lack of theorizing and linking of conceptual with empirical work in media diversity research. Based ... more

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Implications of AI-Driven Tools in the Media for Freedom of Expression

Natali Helberger, Sarah Eskens, Max van Drunen, Mariella Bastian, Judith Moeller

Institute for Information Law (2019), 39 pp.

"Based on an analysis of the use of AI-driven tools in the light of Article 10 EHCR, this report highlights a number of points for attention and the need for further initiatives. In particular, we signal that: - There is an important role for member States to ensure that access to innovative technol ... more