Papers/Notes: The Age of Searching
Monday, April 12
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Exploiting Knowledge-in-the-head and Knowledge-in-the-social-web: Effects of Domain Expertise on Exploratory Search in Individual and Social Search Environments
Ruogu Kang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Wai-Tat Fu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Thomas George Kannampallil, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Our study demonstrated that domain expertise is still important in guiding users to the right information: Experts are better at interpreting social tags and generating keywords in social search systems.
Interactive Effects of Age and Interface Differences on Search Strategies and Performance
Jessie Chin, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, UIUC, USA
Wai-Tat Fu, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, UIUC, USA
We show that older adults utilize stable search strategies across interfaces and tasks because of their better background medical knowledge that facilitates fluent transformation between internal concepts and external links.
Children's Roles Using Keyword Search Interfaces at Home
Allison Druin, University of Maryland, USA
Elizabeth Foss, University of Maryland, USA
Hilary Hutchinson, Google, USA
Leshell Hatley, University of Maryland, USA
Evan Golub, University of Maryland, USA
Describes seven roles children display while searching the Internet and suggests search interface design directions, based on a study of 83 children ages 7, 9, and 11.
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