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the first to continue talking. “How are Carl and Carla doing?” she asked Suzanne.
“Well, Carla just started her internship at that newspaper office. She is doing great.
On the other hand, we are a bit worried about Carl. He seems to have a hard time in
school.” “I am sorry to hear that,” Linda intervened. “I have read that the government
is planning to revise the lessons plan. Perhaps, the lectures will become less difficult
in the next term.” she added. “Where did you read that?” Laura was getting curious.
“Actually, I read that online.While I was browsingmy favorite news portal, I stumbled
upon a section named
suggested readings
. There I found the article” Linda replied.
Suzanne's curiosity began to stir. “How exactly does this work? I mean, how does the
news portal select articles that it deems relevant for you?” she asked Linda. “I have
no idea.” Linda answered. “There were also four or five other suggestions which I
found quite uninteresting” she added. “I think, I have seen this type of suggestions
on different news portals.” Laura told the other two. “I could not find any article of
interest though” she noted. The three started to think about occasions where they
had seen similar services. Suzanne was the first to notice that her favorite online
shop did offer a list of recommended items. The women agreed that this service had
been in place for a couple of years at least. Conversely, suggested reading on news
portals appeared to them as comparably new features. “It has to be much harder to
suggest news compared to products in an online shop” Laura claimed. “Why is that?”
Linda asked. “You have to consider that the online shop knows who you are after you
bought something. As you log in you identify yourself. Conversely, the news portal
does not know much about you, does it?” Laura explained. “You are right” Linda
agreed. The three women started to discuss how they would suggest articles to one
another. “You cannot go wrong suggesting Linda articles about animals” Suzanne
claimed. All three started to laugh cheerfully. “I would suggest all articles about
the latest gardening trends to you, Suzanne” Linda returned her joke. The women
realized that they knew each other well after all these years.
6.1 Introduction
News reading behavior is considerably shifting toward online consumption. More
and more users appreciate the advantages of reading news online. Users enjoy instan-
taneous access to breaking news. Conversely, old-fashioned newspapers delay access
to breaking news due to the printing and distributing process. In addition, newspa-
pers dictate the selection, quantity, and source of news which they comprise. Editors
decide about which events to include, their articles' position in the layout, and what
space they may cover. However, anxiously editors prepare their newspapers, users'
preferences vary too extensively to consider the result a perfect fit for them. Users
may request more information about certain events that exceed the available space.
Further, users may enjoy reading articles enlighting events from different perspec-
tives. Newspapers rarely publish several articles about an individual event. Addition-
ally, users may prefer the writing styles, content focus, or presentation of different
journalists and newspapers. For instance, users may prefer reading local news from
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