Adaptive Initial Users’ Overview of a Map Visualisation

10.26686/wgtn.17061746 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Zahra Namini Mianji

Keyword(s):

User Experience ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Early Experience ◽

Adaptive Approach

<p>The ability to customise different aspects of a visualisation system for users is typically lacking in current applications[30]. This results in less immediate and relevant visualisation information to users, as all users are presented with the same overview irrespective of their persona. This thesis proposes a dynamic, adaptive visualisation system that customises the initial view of the visualisation based on the information received from users. This adaptive approach improves the upfront user experience connected with the first stage in Shneiderman’s Information Seeking Mantra ’overview first’[57]. This thesis aims to explore whether and how the users’ interactions in the first four steps of Shneiderman’s tasks [57] can be used to create the appropriate early experience for future users with the same goals or characteristics. The evaluation confirms the possibility of the idea and raises further questions and issues.</p>

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Making an Impact

Advances in Library and Information Science - E-Reference Context and Discoverability in Libraries ◽

10.4018/978-1-61350-308-9.ch022 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 254-260

Author(s):

Roger Rosen ◽

Miriam Gilbert

Keyword(s):

User Experience ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Real Life ◽

Health And Wellness ◽

Discovery Process ◽

Award Winning ◽

Seeking Behavior ◽

Age Appropriate ◽

Digital Landscape

In this case study, Roger Rosen and Miriam Gilbert describe the creation of Rosen Publishing’s award-winning, critically acclaimed Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers database. They focus on how Rosen was able to offer a unique value proposition both to teens and librarians, craft age-appropriate and credible content, and build an interactive site that offers an engaging, dynamic user experience. They review the process of creating a resource that had no barrier to finding information, made the discovery process fast and easy, and supported different styles of learning and information-seeking behavior. They discuss the challenges of ensuring that Teen Health & Wellness remains relevant and current in today’s crowded digital landscape, and share the successes in building a unique health and wellness resource that is indispensable to teens and librarians alike.

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Web Information Resources Vis-à-Vis Traditional Information Services

Handbook of Research on Web Information Systems Quality ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-847-5.ch030 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 528-540

Author(s):

John D. D’Ambra ◽

Nina Mistillis

Keyword(s):

User Experience ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Information Quality ◽

Information Services ◽

Information Resources ◽

Information Resource ◽

Prior Use ◽

The Web

This chapter considers the change in information seeking behaviour of tourists as a result of the increased use of the World Wide Web as an information resource in the context of information services provided by visitor information centres (VICs). The theoretical approach adopts the model of expectation-disconfirmation effects on Web customer satisfaction. The chapter proposes that visitor information centres are analogous to an information system and that the user experience of visiting the centre can partially be explained by users perception of the information quality of information resources used at the centre and a prior use of the Web. The research proposition explored in the reported research is that a priori usage of the Web may influence tourists’ perceptions of the information services provided by visitor information centres. In order to investigate this proposition a survey was conducted at the Sydney visitor information centre resulting in 519 responses. The analysis of the data collected, using structural equation modeling, found that perceived information quality of staff and brochures used at the centre explained 63% of the variance of the user experience at the centre, a prior use of the Web did not explain any of the variance. The implications for VICs’ strategic information resource management to meet visitor needs are discussed.

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User Experience and Perceived Usability of Traditional and Multimodal Interfaces for Scientific Information Seeking

Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Human-Computer Interaction. Design Practice in Contemporary Societies ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-22636-7_34 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 445-458

Author(s):

Patrik Pluchino ◽

Luciano Gamberini ◽

Giulio Jacucci

Keyword(s):

User Experience ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Scientific Information ◽

Multimodal Interfaces ◽

Perceived Usability

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User Experience and Care Integration in Transitional Care for Older People From Hospital to Home

Qualitative Health Research ◽

10.1177/1049732316658267 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 24-36 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Jacqueline Allen ◽

Alison M. Hutchinson ◽

Rhonda Brown ◽

Patricia M. Livingston

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

User Experience ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Transitional Care ◽

Social Process ◽

Information Provision ◽

Health Providers ◽

Care Integration ◽

Hospital To Home ◽

Comprehensive Framework

This meta-synthesis aimed to improve understanding of user experience of older people, carers, and health providers; and care integration in the care of older people transitioning from hospital to home. Following our systematic search, we identified and synthesized 20 studies, and constructed a comprehensive framework. We derived four themes: (1) ‘Who is taking care of what? Trying to work together”; (2) ‘Falling short of the mark’; (3) ‘A proper discharge’; and (4) ‘You adjust somehow.’ The themes that emerged from the studies reflected users’ experience of discharge and transitional care as a social process of ‘negotiation and navigation of independence (older people/carers), or dependence (health providers).’ Users engaged in negotiation and navigation through the interrogative strategies of questioning, discussion, information provision, information seeking, assessment, and translation. The derived themes reflected care integration that facilitated, or a lack of care integration that constrained, users’ experiences of negotiation and navigation of independence/dependence.

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Feedback Loops: Algorithmic Authority, Emergent Biases, and Implications for Information Literacy

Pennsylvania Libraries Research & Practice ◽

10.5195/palrap.2021.231 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 8-15

Author(s):

Ian O'Hara

Keyword(s):

Information Retrieval ◽

User Experience ◽

Information Literacy ◽

Literacy Instruction ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Feedback Loops ◽

Human Beings ◽

Retrieval Process ◽

The World ◽

Algorithmic Search

Algorithms have become increasingly ubiquitous in our modern, technologically driven society. Algorithmic tools that are embedded to “enhance” the user experience when information-seeking carry problematic epistemological concerns. These algorithms are developed and interjected into search tools by human beings who, consciously or not, tend to impart biases into the functionality of the information retrieval process. These search tools have become our primary arbiters of knowledge and have been granted relatively unmitigated sovereignty over our perceptions of reality and truth. This article provides broader awareness of how the bias embedded within these algorithmic systems structures users’ perception and knowledge of the world, preserving traditional power hierarchies and the marginalization of specific groups of people, and examines the implications of algorithmic search systems on information literacy instruction from a critical pedagogical perspective.

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Determinants and Effects of Mobile Service Customization

International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector ◽

10.4018/ijisss.2018100105 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 73-87

Author(s):

Boonlert Watjatrakul

Keyword(s):

User Experience ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Service Providers ◽

Mobile Services ◽

Social Value ◽

Mobile Service ◽

Service Adoption ◽

Hedonic Value ◽

Utilitarian Value ◽

Service Customization

Service customization enables users to custom-made services for their specific needs while service providers can use custom outputs to offer superior services for their users. Less attention, however, has been paid to what factors influence individuals to customize mobile service differently and how custom outputs affect their intentions to use the services. The article proposes a new framework to examine the effects of information seeking and user experience on service customization (service configuration and custom outputs) and the effect of the service customization on users' intentions to adopt mobile services through the three values of mobile services–utilitarian value, hedonic value, and social value. The application-to-person short messaging service (A2P SMS) is used as the domain of study. The structural equation modeling (SEM) technique was used for data analysis. The results indicate that information-seeking and user experience regulate users' abilities to customize mobile services. Specifically, information seeking affects custom outputs while user experience affects service configuration. The results also show that custom outputs influence users' intentions to adopt mobile services through the perceived values of mobile services' utilitarian value, hedonic value, and social value. Hedonic value and social value have direct effects on mobile service adoption. This article broadens knowledge and understanding of mobile service adoption and provides guidance to service providers for effectively utilizing their customization strategies to enhance users' adoption of their services.

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Music questions in social Q&A: an analysis of Yahoo! Answers

Journal of Documentation ◽

10.1108/jd-02-2017-0024 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 73 (5) ◽

pp. 992-1009 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Morten Hertzum ◽

Pia Borlund

Keyword(s):

User Experience ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Question Type ◽

Content Type ◽

User Context ◽

The Social ◽

Music Information ◽

A Site

Purpose Social question and answer (social Q&A) sites have become a popular tool for obtaining music information. The purpose of this paper is to investigate what users ask about, what experience the questions convey, and how users specify their questions. Design/methodology/approach A total of 3,897 music questions from the social Q&A site Yahoo! Answers were categorized according to their question type, user experience, and question specification. Findings The music questions were diverse with (dis)approval (42 percent), factual (21 percent), and advice (15 percent) questions as the most frequent types. Advice questions were the longest and roughly twice as long as (dis)approval and factual questions. The user experience associated with the questions was most often pragmatic (24 percent) or senso-emotional (12 percent). Pragmatic questions were typically about the user’s own performance of music, while senso-emotional questions were about finding music for listening. Notably, half of the questions did not convey information about the user experience but the absence of such information did not reduce the number of answers. In specifying the questions, the most frequent information was about the music context and the user context. Research limitations/implications This study suggests a division of labor between social Q&A sites and search engines for music information retrieval. It should be noted that the study is restricted to one social Q&A site. Originality/value Social Q&A sites provide an opportunity for studying what information real users seek about music and what information they specify to retrieve it, thereby elucidating the role of social Q&A in music information seeking.

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Foraging extends beyond food: Hoarding of mental energy and information seeking in response to uncertainty

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x18001838 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

Author(s):

Jessica L. Alquist ◽

Roy F. Baumeister

Keyword(s):

Information Seeking ◽

Potential Outcomes ◽

Food Hoarding

AbstractWhen an environment is uncertain, humans and other animals benefit from preparing for and attempting to predict potential outcomes. People respond to uncertainty both by conserving mental energy on tasks unrelated to the source of the uncertainty and by increasing their attentiveness to information related to the uncertainty. This mental hoarding and foraging allow people to prepare in uncertain situations.

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