Publications

Ranaivoson, H., Smets, A. & Ballon, P. (2024). 15 Challenges and opportunities for recommender systems in media markets. In U. Rohn, M. Rimscha & T. Raats (Ed.), De Gruyter Handbook of Media Economics (pp. 215-228). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110793444-015

Michiels, L., Vannieuwenhuyze, J., Leysen, J., Verachtert, R., Smets, A., & Goethals, B. 2023. How Should We Measure Filter Bubbles? A Regression Model and Evidence for Online News. In Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems.

Iordache, C., Loisen, J., & Van Audenhove, L. (2023). Integrating discoverability and prominence in video-on-demand consumption choices. A qualitative user study in Belgium. International Communication Gazette. https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485231191898

Vandenbroucke, H., & Smets, A. (2024). It’s (Not) All About That CTR: a Multi-Stakeholder Perspective on News Recommender Metrics. In Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems.

Van den Bulck, H. & Raats, T. (2023). Media policymaking and multistakeholder involvement: Matching audience, stakeholder and government expectations for public service media in Flanders. European Journal of Communication, 38(2), 132-147. https://doi.org/10.1177/02673231221112199

Iordache, C., Raats, T., Pakvis, M., & Asmar, A. (2023). Piecing the puzzle of VOD offerings: A comparison of eight US and local services in Flanders. Journal of Digital Media and Policy , 14(3), 357 - 376. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp_00134_1

Ranaivoson, H. R., & Domazetovikj, N. (2023). Platforms and Exposure Diversity: Towards a Framework to Assess Policies to Promote Exposure Diversity. Media and Communication, 11(2), 379-391. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v11i2.6401 

Iordache, C., & Raats, T. (2023). The platformization of Public Service Media. A comparative analysis of five BVOD services in Western and Northern Europe. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 19(1), 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1386/macp_00070_1

Binst, B., Vandenbroucke, H., Li, D., Puskas, I., Van der Elst, P., & Smets, A. (Accepted/In press). Towards a Pragmatic Approach for studying Normative Recommender Systems: Exploring Power Dynamics in Digital Platform Markets. In Proceedings of the the First Workshop on Normative Design and Evaluation of Recommender Systems.

Smets, A., Hendrickx, J., & Ballon, P. (2022). We're in this together: a multi-stakeholder approach for news recommenders. Digital Journalism, 10(10), 1813-1831. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2021.2024079