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Challenges in archiving the personalized web

  • Erwan Le Merrer
  • Camilla Penzo
  • Gilles Tredan
  • Lucas Verney

The decision-making algorithms embedded within online platforms are determining content shown to users. This personalization steers the dissemination of information, in contrast with the idea of a universal World Wide Web. Personalization thus generates a combinatorial explosion of different versions of the web, rendering each user’s experience distinct. This raises critical questions: what elements of a personalized web should be archived? How can the collected user journeys capture a representative picture of our times? Navigating personalization is essential to capture the contemporary web experience, yet it presents methodological and technical challenges. In this chapter, we identify key challenges in performing a representative sampling of personalization within online platforms.

  • Keywords:
  • personalization,
  • archival,
  • YouTube,
  • 2022 French presidential election,
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Erwan Le Merrer

CNRS, France - ORCID: 0000-0001-8344-2135

Camilla Penzo

PEReN, France

Gilles Tredan

CNRS, France - ORCID: 0000-0003-4473-4332

Lucas Verney

PEReN, France - ORCID: 0000-0002-1361-1703

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Chapter Information

Chapter Title

Challenges in archiving the personalized web

Authors

Erwan Le Merrer, Camilla Penzo, Gilles Tredan, Lucas Verney

Language

English

DOI

10.36253/979-12-215-0413-2.10

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2024

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Book Title

Exploring the Archived Web during a Highly Transformative Age

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Proceedings of the 5th international RESAW conference, Marseille, June 2023

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Sophie Gebeil, Jean-Christophe Peyssard

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362

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2024

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Firenze University Press

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