Abstract
While users benefit greatly from the latest communication technology, with popular platforms such as social networking services including Facebook or search engines such as Google, scientists warn of the effects of a filter bubble at this time. A solution to escape from filtered information is urgently needed. We implement an approach based on the mechanism of a metasearch engine to present less-filtered information to users. We develop a practical application named MosaicSearch to select search results from diversified categories of sources collected from multiple search engines. To determine the power of MosaicSearch, we conduct an evaluation to assess retrieval quality. According to the results, MosaicSearch is more intelligent compared to other general-purpose search engines: it generates a smaller number of links while providing users with almost the same amount of objective information. Our approach contributes to transparent information retrieval. This application helps users play a main role in choosing the information they consume.
Highlights
The concrete workflow needed for this process is as follows: (1) throw the query given by the user to each search platform in a predefined format, which depends on the application structure of the specific search system; (2) receive a response from the search engine service; and (3) analyze the received response to summarize the data of search results into a predefined format
These steps were implemented in independent modules that correspond to each search engine and we prepared four modules to collect the search results from the aforementioned search engines
We found that the performance of MosaicSearch in retrieving the objective information related to the given query was at a sufficiently usable level
Summary
The lifestyles of Internet users have changed dramatically. Methods of communicating with people and gathering information are examples of these remarkable changes. The popularization of smartphones, involving the spread of social networking services such as Twitter and Facebook, has changed the social system and has had a wide impact on society. While people can access the latest information for free, the risk of spreading incorrect or false information is growing and no longer controllable. It is obvious that people will need to have higher literacy year after year to discern false information from facts when consuming news. Users need tools to faciliate the autonomic collection of information from multiple sources, and they need to understand concrete facts from diversified perspectives
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