Profiling and targeting news readers – implications for the democratic role of the digital media, user rights and public information policy

Project Information

PersoNews

Grant agreement ID: 638514

DOI

10.3030/638514

Project closed

EC signature date 12 May 2015

Start date 1 August 2015

End date 31 May 2021

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 479 515,00

EU contribution

€ 1 479 515,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (26)

The Political Power of Platforms: How Current Attempts to Regulate Misinformation Amplify Opinion Power

Author(s): Natali Helberger
Published in: Digital Journalism, Issue 8/6, 2020, Page(s) 842-854, ISSN 2167-0811
Publisher: Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2020.1773888

User Perspectives on the News Personalisation Process: Agency, Trust and Utility as Building Blocks

Author(s): Cristina Monzer, Judith Moeller, Natali Helberger, Sarah Eskens
Published in: Digital Journalism, Issue 8/9, 2020, Page(s) 1142-1162, ISSN 2167-0811
Publisher: Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2020.1773291

We are what we click: Understanding time and content-based habits of online news readers

Author(s): Mykola Makhortykh, Claes de Vreese, Natali Helberger, Jaron Harambam, Dimitrios Bountouridis
Published in: New Media & Society, 2020, Page(s) 146144482093322, ISSN 1461-4448
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/1461444820933221

Governing online platforms: From contested to cooperative responsibility

Author(s): Helberger, N.; Pierson, J.; Poell, T.
Published in: VOLUME=34;ISSUE=1;STARTPAGE=1;ENDPAGE=14;ISSN=0197-2243;TITLE=The Information Society, Issue 1, 2017, ISSN 0197-2243
Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Do not blame it on the algorithm: An empirical assessment of multiple recommender systems and their impact on content diversity

Author(s): Möller, J.; Trilling, D.; Helberger, N.; van Es, B.
Published in: VOLUME=21;ISSUE=7;STARTPAGE=959;ENDPAGE=977;ISSN=1369-118X;TITLE=Information Communication and Society, Issue 1, 2018, ISSN 1369-118X
Publisher: Routledge

Challenged by news personalisation: five perspectives on the right to receive information

Author(s): Eskens, S.; Helberger, N.; Moeller, J.
Published in: VOLUME=9;ISSUE=2;STARTPAGE=259;ENDPAGE=284;ISSN=1757-7632;TITLE=Journal of Media Law, Issue 1, 2017, ISSN 1757-7632
Publisher: Francis & Taylor

Online Political Microtargeting: Promises and Threats for Democracy

Author(s): Zuiderveen Borgesius, F.J.; Möller, J.; Kruikemeier, S.; Ó Fathaigh, R.; Irion, K.; Dobber, T.; Bodo, B.; de Vreese, C.
Published in: urn:issn:1871-515X, Issue 1, 2018, ISSN 1871-515X
Publisher: Igitur, Utrecht Publishing and Archiving Services

Tracking Walls, Take-It-Or-Leave-It Choices, the GDPR, and the ePrivacy Regulation

Author(s): Zuiderveen Borgesius, F.J.; Kruikemeier, S.; Boerman, S.C.; Helberger, N.
Published in: European Data Protection Law Review, 3(3), 353 - 368, Issue 1, 2017, ISSN 2364-2831
Publisher: Lexxion

Exposure diversity as a design principle for recommender systems

Author(s): Natali Helberger, Kari Karppinen, Lucia D’Acunto
Published in: Information, Communication & Society, Issue 21/2, 2017, Page(s) 191-207, ISSN 1369-118X
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/1369118x.2016.1271900

Algoritmische verzuiling en filter bubbles: een bedreiging voor de democratie?

Author(s): Zuiderveen Borgesius, F.J.; Trilling, D.; Möller, J.; Eskens, S.; Bodó, B.; de Vreese, C.H.; Helberger, N.
Published in: urn:issn:0771-7784, Issue 1, 2017, ISSN 0771-7784
Publisher: Kluwer

The perfect match? A closer look at the relationship between EU consumer law and data protection law

Author(s): Helberger, Zuiderveen-Borgesius, Reyna
Published in: Common Market Law Review, 2017, ISSN 0165-0750
Publisher: Kluwer Law International

Should We Worry about Filter Bubbles? Internet Policy Review, 5 (1)

Author(s): Zuiderveen Borgesius, F.J., Trilling, D.C., Möller, J.E., Bodo, B., Vreese, C.H. de & Helberger, N.
Published in: Internet Policy Review, 2016, ISSN 2197-6775
Publisher: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society gGmbH

Exposure diversity as a design principle for recommender systems

Author(s): Helberger, N., Karpinnen, K., & D'Acunto, L.
Published in: Information, Communication & Society, 2016, ISSN 1369-118X
Publisher: Routledge

Shrinking core? Exploring the differential agenda setting power of traditional and personalized news media

Author(s): Moeller, J., Trilling, D., Helberger, N., Irion, K., & De Vreese, C.
Published in: Info, 2016, ISSN 1463-6697
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

Policy implications from algorithmic profiling and the changing relationship between newsreaders and the media. Javnost, 23(2), 188-203

Author(s): Helberger, N.
Published in: Javnost, 2016, ISSN 1318-3222
Publisher: European Institute for Communication and Culture

Algoritmische verzuiling en filter bubbles: een bedreiging voor de democratie?.

Author(s): Zuiderveen Borgesius, F. J., Trilling, D. C., Möller, J. E., Eskens, S. J., Bodó, B., de Vreese, C. H. & Helberger, N.
Published in: Computerrecht, 2016, ISSN 0771-7784
Publisher: Wolters-Kluwer

Merely facilitating or actively stimulating diverse media choices? Public service media at the crossroad

Author(s): Helberger, N.
Published in: International Journal of Communication, 2016, ISSN 1932-8036
Publisher: USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism

Tackling the Algorithmic Control Crisis – the Technical, Legal, and Ethical Challenges of Research into Algorithmic Agents. .

Author(s): Bodó, B., Helberger, N., Irion, K., Borgesius Zuiderveen, F. J., Moller, J., van der Velde, B., Vreese, C. H. de.
Published in: Yale Journal of Law & Technology, 19, 133, 2017, Page(s) 133, ISSN 0889-7743
Publisher: Yale Journal of Law & Technology

Smart TV and the online media sector: User privacy in view of changing market realities. Telecommunications Policy (online first)

Author(s): Irion, K., & Helberger, N.
Published in: Telecommunications Policy, 2017, ISSN 0308-5961
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.

Interested in Diversity: The role of user attitudes, algorithmic feedback loops, and policy in news personalization

Author(s): Bodo, Balazs; Helberger, Natali; Eskens, Sarah; Moeller, Judith
Published in: Digital Journalism, 2019, Page(s) 206-229, ISSN 2167-0811
Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Know your algorithm: what media organizations need to explain to their users about news personalization

Author(s): M Z van Drunen, N Helberger, M Bastian
Published in: International Data Privacy Law, Issue 9/4, 2019, Page(s) 220-235, ISSN 2044-4001
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/idpl/ipz011

Do not blame it on the algorithm: an empirical assessment of multiple recommender systems and their impact on content diversity

Author(s): Judith Möller, Damian Trilling, Natali Helberger, Bram van Es
Published in: Information, Communication & Society, Issue 21/7, 2018, Page(s) 959-977, ISSN 1369-118X
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/1369118x.2018.1444076

Explaining Online News Engagement Based on Browsing Behavior: Creatures of Habit?

Author(s): Judith Möller, Robbert Nicolai van de Velde, Lisa Merten, Cornelius Puschmann
Published in: Social Science Computer Review, 2019, Page(s) 089443931982801, ISSN 0894-4393
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/0894439319828012

My Friends, Editors, Algorithms, and I

Author(s): Neil Thurman, Judith Moeller, Natali Helberger, Damian Trilling
Published in: Digital Journalism, Issue 7/4, 2019, Page(s) 447-469, ISSN 2167-0811
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2018.1493936

On the Democratic Role of News Recommenders

Author(s): Natali Helberger
Published in: Digital Journalism, Issue 7/8, 2019, Page(s) 993-1012, ISSN 2167-0811
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2019.1623700

The post-editorial control era: how EU media law matches platforms’ organisational control with cooperative responsibility

Author(s): M. Z. van Drunen
Published in: Journal of Media Law, Issue 12/2, 2020, Page(s) 166-190, ISSN 1757-7632
Publisher: Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
DOI: 10.1080/17577632.2020.1796067

Book chapters (2)

Challenging Diversity - Social Media Platforms and a New Conception of Media Diversity

Author(s): Helberger
Published in: Digital Dominance. The Power of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple, 2018, Page(s) 153-175
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Profiling and targeting in the Internet of Things – A new challenge for consumer protection. In R. Schulze, & D. Staudenmayer (Eds.), Digital Revolution

Author(s): Helberger, N.
Published in: Digital Revolution, 2016, Page(s) 135-161, ISBN 9781-509907335
Publisher: Nomos

Other (2)

News Recommenders and Cooperative Explainability - Confronting the contextual complexity in AI explanations

Author(s): Max van Drunen, Jef Ausloos, Naomi Appelman, Natali Helberger
Published in: The Knowledge Centre Data & Society, 2020
Publisher: KU Leuven, CiTiP & The Knowledge Centre Data & Society

Challenging Rabbit Holes: towards more diversity in news recommendation systems

Author(s): Natali Helberger, Abraham Bernstein, Wolfgang Schulz, Claes de Vreese
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Media@LSE

Conference proceedings (1)

Recommenders with a Mission - Assessing Diversity in News Recommendations

Author(s): Sanne Vrijenhoek, Mesut Kaya, Nadia Metoui, Judith Möller, Daan Odijk, Natali Helberger
Published in: Proceedings of the 2021 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval, 2021, Page(s) 173-183, ISBN 9781450380553
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3406522.3446019