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  • Algorithms
  • Search Engines
  • Research Ethic
  • Facebook (Electronic resource)
  • Information society
  • Online social networks
  • Social psychology
  • Technological innovations -- Social aspects
  • Misinformation
  • Media Literacy
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Types of Content you will Find in HamCAT

Ebooks

Hobbs, R. (2026). Media Literacy in Action : Questioning the Media (Second edition.). Rowman & Littlefield.

Scheinbaum, A. C. (Ed.). (2024). The Darker Side of Social Media : Consumer Psychology and Mental Health (Second edition.). Routledge.

Stellefson, M., Chaney, J. D., Chaney, B. H., & Paige, S. R. (2020). Exploring the Role of Social Media in Health Promotion. MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.

Print Books
Louridas, P. (2020). Algorithms. The MIT Press. (@ MnPALS member library)

 

Articles (magazine, newspaper, journals)
Grind, Kirsten, Schechner, Sam, McMillan, Robert, & West. (2019). How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results; The internet giant uses blacklists, algorithm tweaks and an army of contractors to shape what you see. The Wall Street Journal. Eastern Edition.

 Lomborg, S., & Kapsch, P. H. (2020). Decoding algorithms. Media, Culture & Society, 42(5), 745–761. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443719855301

Monteith, S., Glenn, T., Geddes, J. R., Whybrow, P. C., Achtyes, E., & Bauer, M. (2024). Artificial intelligence and increasing misinformation. British Journal of Psychiatry, 224(2), 33–35. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2023.136


Video and Audio resources
The Secret Rules of Modern Living : Algorithms. (2016). DCD Media Firm,.


Dissertations