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

Walter, Clarissa Elisa; Friesike, Sascha

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

dc.contributor.author	Walter, Clarissa Elisa
dc.contributor.author	Friesike, Sascha
dc.date.accessioned	2025-06-02T08:44:17Z
dc.date.available	2025-06-02T08:44:17Z
dc.date.issued	2025
dc.description.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
dc.identifier.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
dc.identifier.doi	10.22323/2.24020202
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.22323/2.24020202
dc.identifier.issn	1824-2049
dc.identifier.issn	1824-2049
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/902
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	SISSA Medialab srl
dc.rights	open access
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subject	digital science communication
dc.subject	science and media
dc.subject	science communication: theory and models
dc.title	Behind the Screens: How Algorithmic Imaginaries Shape Science Content on Social Media
dc.type	Article
dc.type.status	publishedVersion
dcmi.type	Text
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue	2
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle	Journal of Science Communication
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url	https://doi.org/10.22323/2.24020202
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume	24
local.researchgroup	Reorganisation von Wissenspraktiken
local.researchtopic	Organisation von Wissen