Prototypes of Bias Intervention Tools


Approach 1: Bias Visualisation Approach

SystemGuide
Visualisation 1 (V1)
System V1
  1. View prototype: System V1
  2. Type “coronavirus”.
  3. Type “coronavirus” and press enter/click to “coronavirus” from the autocomplete suggestions.
  4. Go to the “News” pages.
  5. Click on the bias meter of the first article.
  6. Hover on the icons with your mouse, and get a brief explanation of the particular bias.
  7. For more information, you can click on the icon and a full explanation will be opened in a new popup frame.
Visualisation 2 (V2)
System V2
  1. View prototype: System V2
  2. Type “coronavirus” and press enter/click to “coronavirus” from the autocomplete suggestions.
  3. Go to the “News” pages.
  4. Click on the “bias icon” on the first article to get a bar chart that represents the biases for this article.
  5. Hover on the bars with your mouse, and get an explanation of the particular bias.
Visualisation 3 (V3)
System V3
  1. View prototype: System V3
  2. Type “coronavirus” and press enter/click to “coronavirus” from the autocomplete suggestions.
  3. Hover on the news article and the system will inform you if there are aspects related to the topic that are not discussed in the article content.
Visualisation 4 (V4)
System V4
  1. View prototype: System V4
  2. Type “coronavirus” and press enter/click to “coronavirus” from the autocomplete suggestions.
  3. Go to the “News” pages.
  4. Some articles that contained bias information are omitted/hidden from the results.
  5. To reveal the article, you may click on the notification. Alternatively, you can click the "eye" icon at the top to reveal all hidden articles.

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact Monica Paramita (m.paramita@sheffield.ac.uk) or Frank Hopfgartner (f.hopfgartner@sheffield.ac.uk).