What Makes a Search Engine Good for Democracy? PUBLIC OPINION POLLING AND THE EVALUATION OF SOFTWARE
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چکیده
We propose one possible set of criteria for evaluating software – specifically search engines – according to their usefulness for deliberative democracy. We then describe a user study of the search capabilities of three, existing, online archives (Google Groups, Omgili, or Technorati) of threaded, conversational data. Our study measures the capabilities of these search engines according to the proposed criteria. We conclude by stating the software design implications of the study.
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