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Requires more specific data to establish the validity of study with regards to whether Arizona crowdsourcing website generates traffic that legitimately can be extrapolated as applicable across US. Cherry picks data then phrasing labors to trash R's. |
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After searching, on all measures, opinions shifted in the direction of the candidate favored in the rankings. Trust, liking and voting preferences all shifted predictably. 36 percent of those who were unaware of the rankings bias shifted toward the highest ranked candidate, along with 45 percent of those who were aware of the bias.<ref name=poli/>
Slightly reducing the bias on the first result page of search results – specifically, by including one search item that favoured the other candidate in the third or fourth position masked the manipulation so that few or even no subjects noticed the bias, while still triggering the preference change.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web
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== External links ==
* {{Cite journal|title = The search engine manipulation effect (SEME) and its possible impact on the outcomes of elections|url = http://www.pnas.org/content/112/33/E4512|journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|date = 2015-08-18|issn = 0027-8424|pmid = 26243876|pages = E4512-E4521|volume = 112|issue = 33|doi = 10.1073/pnas.1419828112|first = Robert|last = Epstein |authorlink1=Robert Epstein|first2 = Ronald E.|last2 = Robertson|pmc=4547273}}
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