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| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | WebSci 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Web Science Conference |
| Pages | 367-369 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 9781450342087 |
| Publication status | Published - 22 May 2016 |
| Event | 8th ACM Web Science Conference - Hannover, Germany Duration: 22 May 2016 → 25 May 2016 Conference number: 8 |
Publication series
| Name | WebSci 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Web Science Conference |
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Abstract
Search engines are the most utilized tools to access information on the Web. The success of large companies such as Google owes to their capacity to conduct users through the vast troves of knowledge and information online. Recently, the concept of search as research has been used to shift the research focus from workings of information-seeking tools towards methods for the social study of Web and particularly the social meanings of engine results. In this paper, we present SaR-Web, a web search tool that provides an automatic means to carry out search as research on the Web. It compares the results of same (translated) queries across search engine language domains, thereby enabling crosslinguistic and cross-cultural comparisons of results. SaR-Web outputs enable the comparative study of cultural mores as well as societal associations and concerns, interpreted through search engine results.
Keywords
- Cross-language analysis, Digital methods, Search as research
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science(all)
- Computer Networks and Communications
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AU - Nejdl, Wolfgang
AU - Ahmad, Qazi Asim Ijaz
AU - Fulantelli, Giovanni
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