审计谷歌对大屠杀受害者视觉呈现的审美偏见，发现男性形象主导且弱化女性苦难。
Invisible in Search? Auditing Aesthetic Bias in the Visual Representation of Holocaust Victims on Google
- 对比分析谷歌搜索中大屠杀受害者图像，揭示男性主导的视觉呈现模式。
- 女性受害者在图像中显著缺席，其特定苦难被忽视，影响共情效果。
- 不同地区结果差异明显，算法可能生成地域性受害美学，适合伦理与传播研究者阅读。
信息检索系统（如搜索引擎）正日益塑造人们对过去与当下社会现实的认知。然而，这些系统在处理代表性问题时面临诸多伦理挑战，包括加剧主流叙事的审美偏见。尽管现有研究多聚焦于当代议题中的审美偏见，历史事件的代表性同样关键，尤其是敏感历史事件如大屠杀。为此，我们对谷歌搜索中大屠杀受害者的视觉呈现进行了对比审计。结果显示，谷歌倾向于传播以男性为主的受害者形象，并强调暴力背景，这可能导致女性受害经历被遮蔽，削弱共情潜力。此外，不同地理区域间呈现存在差异，暗示搜索算法可能生成特定地域的受害美学。本研究呼吁重视历史图像呈现中的公平性与伦理责任。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Information retrieval systems, such as search engines, increasingly shape the representation of the past and present states of social reality. Despite their importance, these systems face challenges in dealing with the ethical aspects of representation due to various forms of bias, including aesthetic bias that perpetuates hegemonic patterns of representation. While most research on aesthetic bias has examined it in the context of current societal issues, it is also crucial for historical representation, particularly of sensitive subjects such as historical atrocities. To address this gap, we conduct a comparative audit of the visual representation of Holocaust victims on Google. We find that Google tends to propagate a male-dominated representation of Holocaust victims with an emphasis on atrocity context, risking rendering invisible gender-specific suffering and decreasing potential for nurturing empathy. We also observe a variation in representation across geographic locations, suggesting that search algorithms may produce their own aesthetic of victimhood.
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