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Information Literacy Research Guide

This guide is focused on assignments for LIBS 110G but can be a good starting point for any research related to information literacy.

Topics Related to Algorithmic Bias

Example Topics & Resources:

How Google retrieves search results
Bias in Google search results

The Googlization of Everything (and why we should worry)
Book
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Book (electronic access)
Algorithmic Bias? An Empirical Study of Apparent Gender-Based Discrimination in the Display of STEM related Career Ads
Journal article

Example Topics & Resources:

Who is responsible for bursting the filter bubble?
What is the filter bubble?
Information cocoons and the spread of information
Filter bubble and civic engagement
Filter bubble and news

The Filter Bubble: How the New Personalized Web is Changing What We Read & How We Think
Electronic access. 1 user at a time. If it doesn't work, try again later!
How to See Past Your Own Perspective and Find Truth
TED Talk by Michael Patrick-Lynch
Exposure to Ideologically Diverse Views on Facebook
Online article

Example Topics & Resources:

Digital redlining and housing
Internet filters
Digital redlining and poverty

Example Topics & Resources:

Use of predictive analytics in Education or Health Care
How are predictive recommendation systems use commercial services such as Amazon or Netflix
Predictive analytics and ethics
Predictive analytics and criminal justice