JOURNAL ARTICLES

Hilbert, M., Cingel, D. P., Zhang, J., Vigil, S. L., Shawcroft, J., Xue, H., Thakur, A., & Shafiq, Z. (2025). #BigTech @Minors: Social media algorithms have actionable knowledge about child users and at-risk teens. Telematics and...

Ever since its earliest years, information theory has enjoyed both a promising and complicated relationship with the social sciences… time to take inventory… “Information Theory for Human and Social Processes”: open access Overview of a promising and complicated...

Hilbert, M. (2020). Digital technology and social change: The digital transformation of society from a historical perspective. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 22(2), 189–194. https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2020.22.2/mhilbert ABSTRACTDigital technology, including its omnipresent connectedness and its powerful artificial intelligence, is...

Mann, S., & Hilbert, M. (2020). AI4D: Artificial Intelligence for Development. International Journal of Communication, 14(0), 21. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/12392 ABSTRACT We derive a conceptual bridge between technical concepts from the deep learning literature and natural metaphors for...

An Experimental Investigation of Algorithm Effects on Political Polarization Cho, J., Ahmed, S., Hilbert, M., Liu, B., & Luu, J. (2020). Do Search Algorithms Endanger Democracy? An Experimental Investigation of Algorithm Effects on Political Polarization. Journal...

Hilbert, M., & Darmon, D. (2020). Large-Scale Communication is More Complex and Unpredictable with Automated Bots. Journal of Communication. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqaa021 Article (free access):https://academic.oup.com/joc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/joc/jqaa021/5864636?guestAccessKey=97fb0d02-c8e2-409a-baaf-cbbda64ada43 Abstract Automated communication bots follow deterministic local rules that either respond to programmed...

Hilbert, M., & Darmon, D. (2020). How Complexity and Uncertainty Grew with Algorithmic Trading. Entropy, 22(5), 499. https://doi.org/10.3390/e22050499 Abstract The machine-learning paradigm promises traders to reduce uncertainty through better predictions done by ever more complex algorithms....

Martin Hilbert, George Barnett, Joshua Blumenstock, Noshir Contractor, Jana Diesner, Seth Frey, Sandra González-Bailón, PJ Lamberson, Jennifer Pan, Tai-Quan Peng, Cuihua (Cindy) Shen, Paul E. Smaldino, Wouter van Atteveldt, Annie Waldherr, Jingwen Zhang, Jonathan J. H....

Hilbert, M., Liu, B., Luu, J., & Fishbein, J. (2019). Behavioral Experiments With Social Algorithms: An Information Theoretic Approach to Input–Output Conversions. Communication Methods and Measures, 0(0), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2019.1620712 ABSTRACT While traditional computer-mediated communication happened through...

Hilbert, M., James, R. G., Gil-Lopez, T., Jiang, K., & Zhou, Y. (2018). The Complementary Importance of Static Structure and Temporal Dynamics in Teamwork Communication. Human Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqy008       (free access here) ABSTRACT Communicative exchanges...