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arXiv 2007.08197cs.SIcs.CY
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维基百科的超链接在涵盖两极分化主题的文章中的包容性如何?

How Inclusive Are Wikipedia's Hyperlinks in Articles Covering Polarizing Topics?

Cristina Menghini, Aris Anagnostopoulos, Eli Upfal

摘要:

维基百科依靠广泛的审查过程来验证每个页面的内容是公正的,并提出了中立的观点。维基百科的超链接结构对用户访问多个页面时的探索过程有重大影响,但对这种结构中可能存在的偏见关注较少。超链接偏见的评估是具有挑战性的,因为它取决于全球的看法,而不是个别网页的文字。在本文中,我们专注于描述极化主题的互补方面的文章之间的互连拓扑结构的影响。我们引入了一种新的度量暴露于不同信息的方法,以量化用户在整个冲浪会话中对某个主题的不同方面的暴露,而不仅仅是一次点击。我们将这一措施应用于六个两极分化的主题(例如,枪支管制和枪支权利),我们确定的情况下,网络拓扑结构显着限制了用户的曝光,以不同的信息的主题,鼓励用户留在知识泡沫。我们的研究结果表明,除了对个别文章进行广泛的审查之外,评估维基百科的网络结构也很重要。

英文摘要:

Wikipedia relies on an extensive review process to verify that the content of each individual page is unbiased and presents a neutral point of view. Less attention has been paid to possible biases in the hyperlink structure of Wikipedia, which has a significant influence on the user's exploration process when visiting more than one page. The evaluation of hyperlink bias is challenging because it depends on the global view rather than the text of individual pages. In this paper, we focus on the influence of the interconnect topology between articles describing complementary aspects of polarizing topics. We introduce a novel measure of exposure to diverse information to quantify users' exposure to different aspects of a topic throughout an entire surfing session, rather than just one click ahead. We apply this measure to six polarizing topics (e.g., gun control and gun right), and we identify cases in which the network topology significantly limits the exposure of users to diverse information on the topic, encouraging users to remain in a knowledge bubble. Our findings demonstrate the importance of evaluating Wikipedia's network structure in addition to the extensive review of individual articles.

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