Towards Explanations of Anti-Recommender Content in Public Radio

Abstract

Other than private broadcasters, publicly financed broadcasters have to fulfil a public service remit. Individual playouts in public radio, therefore, consist not only of recommender content but also of 'anti-recommender content" that matches public interests. Such anti-recommender content in individual playouts may be unexpected for users and may need explanation. To find out what explanations might look like in public radio, we elicit the requirements of the public service remit for an example country. Based on these requirements, we propose an approach for designing explanations of recommendations that align with the public service remit.