Behind the Screens: How Algorithmic Imaginaries Shape Science Content on Social Media

Walter, Clarissa Elisa; Friesike, Sascha

doi:https://doi.org/10.22323/2.24020202

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Behind the Screens: How Algorithmic Imaginaries Shape Science Content on Social Media

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Date

2025

Authors

Walter, Clarissa Elisa

Friesike, Sascha

Publisher

SISSA Medialab srl

Abstract

Based on an ethnography of the development and production of science YouTube videos – a collaboration between a German public broadcaster and social science scholars – we identify three intermediary steps through which recommendation algorithms shape science content on social media. We argue that algorithms induce

Keywords

digital science communication, science and media, science communication: theory and models

Citation

Walter, C. E., & Friesike, S. (2025). Behind the Screens: How Algorithmic Imaginaries Shape Science Content on Social Media. Journal of Science Communication, 24(2), A02. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.24020202