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Gender Bias in YouTube Exposure: Allocative and Structural Inequalities in Political Information Environments

Recommendation algorithms have become the dominant mechanism for information distribution on digital platforms, profoundly shaping personalized information consumption environments. However, gender bias, as a significant form of algorithmic discrimination, may cause users to experience unequal exposure within different political information environments. Taking YouTube as a case, we conduct a controlled social-bot field experiment, where male-coded and female-coded profiles are constructed. We t

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Published: 30 April 2026
Source: arXiv
Category: Research
Topics: Bias & fairness · Environment
Retrieved: 14 July 2026

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ethics.ai (30 April 2026), “Gender Bias in YouTube Exposure: Allocative and Structural Inequalities in Political Information Environments,” evidence record 5180, https://ethics.ai/record/5180 (originally published by arXiv).

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