Web Search

Multidisciplinary Perspectives

By: Amanda Spink (Editor), Michael Zimmer (Editor)

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Hardcover | 7 February 2008

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The inspiration for this book emerged from the editors' participation in a panel d- cussion on Web search engines at an annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers. This multidisciplinary panel of Web search researches revealed the diversity of scholars interested in Web searching, coupled with a broad range of questions, attitudes, and approaches. It became clear that more "cross-fertilization" was necessary between the disciplines to ensure Web search engines (the entities) and Web searching (the user behavior) received the thorough scholarly attention they deserved. This book is a result of that realization, and an important first step in achieving new levels of awareness and collaboration across disciplines. The book represents a core theme within the intellectual pursuits of the editors. The first editor (Spink) is an information scientist who has worked with, taught and has researched the informational dimensions of Web searching since 1997. The second editor (Zimmer) is a scholar of culture and communication who focuses on the political and ethical dimensions of new media and information technologies, and whose dissertation research focused on the value-related consequences of the quest for the "perfect" search engine.

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Aus den Rezensionen: "... Unter bewusster Ausklammerung rein technischer Sichtweisen wird das Phanomen der Suchmaschinen ... aus verschiedenen gesellschaftsorientierten Perspektiven in den Blick genommen. ... Insgesamt bietet der Band einen gehaltvollen Uberblick uber die Vielfalt der aktuellen Ansatze der Suchmaschinenforschung. Das Niveau der Beitrage ist durchgehend hoch ... Angesichts der Vielzahl der unterschiedlichen fachspezifischen Perspektiven ist es den Herausgebern hoch anzurechnen, dass sie ... Bezuge zwischen den Beitragen herstellen ... Nicht zuletzt durch diesen systematisierenden Ansatz stellt der Band einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Weiterentwicklung dieses ... Forschungsfelds dar ..." (Theo Rohle, in: M&K - Medien und kommunikationswissenschaft, 2009, Vol. 57, Issue 1, S. 82 ff.)

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Introduction
Introduction	p. 3
Social, Cultural, and Philosophical Perspectives
Through the Google Goggles: Sociopolitical Bias in Search Engine Design	p. 11
Reconsidering the Rhizome: A Textual Analysis of Web Search Engines as Gatekeepers of the Internet	p. 35
Exploring Gendered Notions: Gender, Job Hunting and Web Searches	p. 51
Searching Ethics: The Role of Search Engines in the Construction and Distribution of Knowledge	p. 67
The Gaze of the Perfect Search Engine: Google as an Infrastructure of Dataveillance	p. 77
Political, Legal, and Economic Perspectives
Search Engine Liability for Copyright Infringement	p. 103
Search Engine Bias and the Demise of Search Engine Utopianism	p. 121
The Democratizing Effects of Search Engine Use: On Chance Exposures and Organizational Hubs	p. 135
`Googling' Terrorists: Are Northern Irish Terrorists Visible on Internet Search Engines?	p. 151
The History of the Internet Search Engine: Navigational Media and the Traffic Commodity	p. 177
Information Behavior Perspectives
Toward a Web Search Information Behavior Model	p. 209
Web Searching for Health: Theoretical Foundations and Connections to Health Related Outcomes	p. 235
Search Engines and Expertise about Global Issues: Well-defined Landscape or Undomesticated Wilderness?	p. 255
Conceptual Models for Search Engines	p. 277
Web Searching: A Quality Measurement Perspective	p. 309
Conclusion
Conclusions and Further Research	p. 343
Index	p. 349
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