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1. 1. Search Engine Society

   

   The book examines how search engines have become central mediators of knowledge and attention, arguing they are not neutral tools but sociotechnical institutions that shape what information people find and how they make sense of the world. It traces the technological development, commercial incentives, and algorithmic design choices that produce biases, prioritize certain voices, enable manipulation through search-engine optimization, and create new forms of gatekeeping, censorship, and power. The work considers consequences for politics, culture, and scholarship and urges greater transparency, critical literacy, and public policy engagement to address the democratic implications of algorithmic information sorting.

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