Do you see what I see? Images of the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of Google

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Highlights：

• We crowdsourced pandemic-related image queries from participants in four countries.

• Five thematic categories were identified for these queries.

• The similarity of Google Images results for these queries varied widely.

• Using the same query, users in different countries retrieved images with 46% overlap.

• Equivalent queries in different languages retrieved results with no similarity.

摘要

•We crowdsourced pandemic-related image queries from participants in four countries.•Five thematic categories were identified for these queries.•The similarity of Google Images results for these queries varied widely.•Using the same query, users in different countries retrieved images with 46% overlap.•Equivalent queries in different languages retrieved results with no similarity.

论文关键词：Images,Information diversity,Pandemic information,Proprietary search

论文评审过程：Received 30 November 2020, Revised 19 May 2021, Accepted 26 May 2021, Available online 11 June 2021, Version of Record 21 June 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2021.102654