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Rickeroo's Google Doodle watch

HonestJoe said:
Why are you assuming they are and should be trying to be representative of the US population? Even though some of the Doodles are regionally specific, one of the ideas with this kind of thing would be to bring up events and people we might not be aware of. That was essentially what Google said they'd do following the 2014 study I linked previously.

I suspect the gender balance is slightly skewed by the multiple Women's World Cup Doodles. If it had been a Men's World Cup year (and maybe if the US Men's soccer team was any good ;) ), it might have been different.
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I agree about women's soccer, they had multiple entries. I'll do 2016-2017 next, then 2014-2015 to see if there are any demographic changes. While I do concur that some 'international' is good, it approaches 50%.

I may do a Nigerian Doodle (or other 'minority' country), to see how much of their content would be foreign to them. I'm guessing that minority cultures are considered more sacred and more valid than US culture, so they would be exposed more to local demographics rather than foreign.

What really surprises me is the number of Asians in US Doodles, that's my takeaway.
 
Rickeroo said:
Ok, thanks to HonestJoe, I had a large US sample size for Doodles, spanning 2018 and YTD 2019. I looked at race, sex, and American vs foreign to the extent that they could be determined.

Sources:

Google Doodles

Google Doodles


Out of a total of 82 Doodles:

82 could be rendered as American or foreign. (N=82)

69 could be rendered as male or female (N=69)

60 could be rendered by race (N=60)

Methodology:

All women's soccer was considered female and American, no race. Rugby World Cup and 2019 ICC Cricket were considered male and foreign, no race. American holidays are considered American, no race and no sex, with the exception of St. Patrick's Day, which was also white. People that are not American citizens are foreign.

Results:

52.4% American
47.6% foreign

Where sex is determinable:

39% male
61% female

Where race is determinable (US Population):

White 35% (61.5%) (43% under)
Mexican / Hispanic 24% (17.6%) (36% over)
Asian 18% (5.3%) (239% over)
Black 12% (12.7%) (5.5% under)
Native 8% (0.9%) (788% over)
Jewish 3% (2.2%) (36% over)




I expected: Whites under-represented. Lots of foreign stuff. Women over-represented. Lots of American blacks and American Hispanics at the expense of whites.

I got: Whites under-represented. Lots of foreign stuff. Women over-represented, but not too bad. A ton of Asians and Native Americans. Lots of foreign Mexicans. Blacks were appropriately represented. Whites were under-represented anyway, but by Asians and Natives, not blacks and Hispanics.

My next project may be to look into pre-Trump Doodles - I expect to see less Hispanics.
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Did they run out of toothpicks and glue where you are?
 
Rickeroo said:
I agree about women's soccer, they had multiple entries. I'll do 2016-2017 next, then 2014-2015 to see if there are any demographic changes. While I do concur that some 'international' is good, it approaches 50%.

I may do a Nigerian Doodle (or other 'minority' country), to see how much of their content would be foreign to them. I'm guessing that minority cultures are considered more sacred and more valid than US culture, so they would be exposed more to local demographics rather than foreign.

What really surprises me is the number of Asians in US Doodles, that's my takeaway.
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What is US culture in the context you are using?
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
What is US culture in the context you are using?
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In the context that I think Google is trying to project a leftist agenda with its Doodles, US culture is considered unfair, cruel, and racist. Typical "American" themes would be avoided in favor of more international ones.

Nigeria, by contrast, has an acceptable culture, and its Doodles would be more Nigerian in nature. In other words, much less foreigners and foreign content in their Doodles. Likely as well for the "fair" Nordic countries. This is just a guess though and I will have to research.
 
Rickeroo said:
In the context that I think Google is trying to project a leftist agenda with its Doodles, US culture is considered unfair, cruel, and racist. Typical "American" themes would be avoided in favor of more international ones.

Nigeria, by contrast, has an acceptable culture, and its Doodles would be more Nigerian in nature. In other words, much less foreigners and foreign content in their Doodles. Likely as well for the "fair" Nordic countries. This is just a guess though and I will have to research.
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Are not Asian Americans part of US culture, African Americans? Is not Jlo American as Jlaw, Kanye as much as Jonny Cash
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
Are not Asian Americans part of US culture, African Americans? Is not Jlo American as Jlaw, Kanye as much as Jonny Cash
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Correct. Asians, blacks, Jews are all a part of American culture, as long as they are Americans. I'm looking at over-representation per race there. If a black American is featured, it's counted as "American". If a South African black is featured, it's "Foreign".
 
Amelia said:
LOL. A link to help parents who are concerned about their children's safety on the internet gets lumped in with the dreaded blacks, Mexicans, high-achieving women and gays. A link. Not even a doodle.

The picture at the link is a white man with a white child -- possibly a girl.


How on earth does this get lumped in with Rick's "Google doodles hate heterosexual white men" campaign? Is picturing white men as being good fathers somehow emasculating?
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To an alpha male stereotype? Hell people who obsess over the alpha male think anything less than the abusive overbearing father is emasculating. I tend to say ****** alpha males.
 
bomberfox said:
To an alpha male stereotype? Hell people who obsess over the alpha male think anything less than the abusive overbearing father is emasculating. I tend to say ****** alpha males.
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Rick counted the link to the safe-surfing site as "white male".


But now that he has a list of the actual doodles for the year, links appear to no longer be part of the study.
 
2016/2017 Doodle results

Sources:

Google Doodles

Google Doodles


Out of a total of 70 Doodles:

70 could be rendered as American or foreign. (N=70)

43 could be rendered as male or female (N=43)

60 could be rendered by race (N=60)

Methodology:

People from India are considered Asian, as for 2018-19. The rainbow flag guy is still considered white and male. Based on the author, the Neverending Story is white, male, and foreign. Palestinians and Pakistanis are Arab. British nationals are foreign.

Results:

63% American
37% foreign

Where sex is determinable:

42% male
58% female

Where race is determinable (US Population):

White 20% (61.5%) (67% under)
Mexican / Hispanic 17% (17.6%) (3% under)
Black 17% (12.7%) (33% over)
Asian 15% (5.3%) (183% over)
Native 5% (0.9%) (455% over)
Arab 3% (0.5%) (500% over)
Jewish 0% (2.2%) (not represented)




I expected: Whites under-represented. Lots of foreign stuff, though not as much as 2018/19. Women over-represented. More Hispanics due to Trump's first years in office.

I got: Whites way under-represented. Lots of foreign stuff. Women over-represented at about the same rate as 2018-19. Not as many as 2018/19, but still a ton of Asians and Native Americans. Hispanics took an unexpected nose dive from 2018/19 and are represented appropriately. Blacks have a very strong showing. Arabs make an appearance, and no Jews.

Next up, 2014/2015.
 
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Amelia said:
Rick counted the link to the safe-surfing site as "white male".


But now that he has a list of the actual doodles for the year, links appear to no longer be part of the study.
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Correct. Since HonestJoe was kind enough to supply me with an easy search of past US-only Doodles, I'm going that route.
 
Rickeroo said:
So I've been looking at the Doodles, forced to see them because of the use of the search engine, and I noticed that the themes slant heavily leftist, "diverse", women or otherwise obsessed with anything not male and not white. I'll keep track here.

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Ynes Mexia - Wikipedia

This person is characterized as "Mexican American", because obviously her race (and sex and/ or gender) had everything to do with her accomplishments.
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Why are you looking at something that triggers you??? I mean, no one is "forcing" you to use google.



Let me help out:

Bing
Yahoo
Ask.com
AOL.com
Baidu
Wolframalpha
DuckDuckGo
Internet Archive
Yandex.ru


if you are a really paranoid person that thinks that the government is "coming to get ya" there's always the conservative search engine of DUCKDUCKGO

now quit your bitching!
 
madman said:
Why are you looking at something that triggers you??? I mean, no one is "forcing" you to use google.



Let me help out:

Bing
Yahoo
Ask.com
AOL.com
Baidu
Wolframalpha
DuckDuckGo
Internet Archive
Yandex.ru


if you are a really paranoid person that thinks that the government is "coming to get ya" there's always the conservative search engine of DUCKDUCKGO

now quit your bitching!
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Google is the world standard in search engines and reaches the most people, more than the others combined. Their Doodles could be considered influential.
 
Rickeroo said:
Google is the world standard in search engines and reaches the most people, more than the others combined. Their Doodles could be considered influential.
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yeah, so google does it well. Still you have OPTIONS now, dont you? No one if forcing you to use google
 
Is rickeroo still mad that google isn't exclusively doing doodles of black slaves being whipped ?
 
I will never understand the conservative capacity to live in a constant state of offense. You would think that they'd be numb to triggering stimulus after all the wailing and whining they get up to, but no. It never ends for them.
 
Jesse Booth said:
I will never understand the conservative capacity to live in a constant state of offense. You would think that they'd be numb to triggering stimulus after all the wailing and whining they get up to, but no. It never ends for them.
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They protect themselves from that thought by labeling "the left" as "snowflakes." If the left are snowflakes, then clearly their outrage is righteous fury, not self-righteous bull****.
 
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