Diversity in News Recommendations
Abraham Bernstein, Claes de Vreese, Natali Helberger and, Wolfgang Schulz, Katharina Zweig, Christian Baden, Michael A. Beam, and Marc P. Hauer, Lucien Heitz, Pascal J\"urgens, Christian, Katzenbach, Benjamin Kille, Beate Klimkiewicz, Wiebke Loosen and, Judith Moeller

TL;DR
This paper emphasizes the importance of re-evaluating news diversity in online recommender systems through interdisciplinary research, proposing collaborative efforts and policy recommendations to enhance societal and individual information needs.
Contribution
It advocates for a multidisciplinary approach to studying news diversity in recommender systems and provides strategic recommendations for research, policy, and industry collaboration.
Findings
Need for interdisciplinary research on news diversity
Recommendations for policy and industry collaboration
Proposal for a joint research lab
Abstract
News diversity in the media has for a long time been a foundational and uncontested basis for ensuring that the communicative needs of individuals and society at large are met. Today, people increasingly rely on online content and recommender systems to consume information challenging the traditional concept of news diversity. In addition, the very concept of diversity, which differs between disciplines, will need to be re-evaluated requiring a interdisciplinary investigation, which requires a new level of mutual cooperation between computer scientists, social scientists, and legal scholars. Based on the outcome of a multidisciplinary workshop, we have the following recommendations, directed at researchers, funders, legislators, regulators, and the media industry: 1. Do more research on news recommenders and diversity. 2. Create a safe harbor for academic research with industry data. 3.…
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