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Portrait of Alison Gerber.

Alison Gerber

Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer

Portrait of Alison Gerber.

Why academics shouldn’t move fast and break things

Author

  • Alison Gerber
  • Ov Cristian Norocel
  • Francesca Bolla Tripodi

Summary, in English

If scientists with PhDs don’t understand what Google results are and what they can tell us, what hope do the rest of us have?

Department/s

  • Gender Studies
  • Sociology

Publishing year

2021

Language

English

Document type

Web publication/Blog post

Topic

  • Information Systems, Social aspects (including Human Aspects of ICT)
  • Information Studies
  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Anthropology, Demography and Criminology)

Keywords

  • Research
  • search engines
  • misinformation
  • domestic violence
  • search methods
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Status

Published

Project

  • In Search of Search and its Engines - Theme, Pufendorf IAS