"We now have evidence suggesting that on virtually all issues where people are initially undecided, search rankings are impacting almost every decision that peo

"We now have evidence suggesting that on virtually all issues where people are initially undecided, search rankings are impacting almost every decision that people make." I dug into his CV and found the following related works: - recent publications: http://aibrt.org/index.php/internet-studies http://aibrt.org/index.php/internet-studies - The search engine manipulation effect (SEME) and its possible impact on the outcomes of elections [http://aibrt.org/downloads/EPSTEIN_&_ROBERTSON_2015-The_Search_Engine_Manipulation_Effect-SEME-PNAS-w_SUPPLEMENTS.pdf http://aibrt.org/downloads/EPSTEIN_&_ROBERTSON_2015-The_Sear...] A talk that he gave at Stanford about SEME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSN6LE06J54&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSN6LE06J54&feature=youtu.be - Democracy At Risk Manipulating Search Rankings Can Shift Voters’ Preferences Substantially Without Their Awareness:[http://aibrt.org/downloads/EPSTEIN_and_Robertson_2013-Democracy_at_Risk-APS-summary-5-13.pdf http://aibrt.org/downloads/EPSTEIN_and_Robertson_2013-Democr...] CV: http://drrobertepstein.com/pdf/vita.pdf?lbisphpreq=1 http://drrobertepstein.com/pdf/vita.pdf?lbisphpreq=1