Can Biased Search Results Change People’s Opinions About Anything at All? A Close Replication of the Search Engine Manipulation Effect (SEME) [PLOS ONE, in press, March 2024]

Robert Epstein, Ji Li

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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4597654
Published: 2023
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@article{allodium:10.2139/ssrn.4597654,
  title = {Can Biased Search Results Change People’s Opinions About Anything at All? A Close Replication of the Search Engine Manipulation Effect (SEME) [PLOS ONE, in press, March 2024]},
  author = {Robert Epstein and Ji Li},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.2139/ssrn.4597654},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4597654}
}

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Epstein, R., & Li, J. (2023). Can Biased Search Results Change People’s Opinions About Anything at All? A Close Replication of the Search Engine Manipulation Effect (SEME) [PLOS ONE, in press, March 2024]. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4597654

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