Information Foraging in E-Voting

Ravi Vatrapu; Scott Robertson

doi:10.1145/1520340.1520574

Information Foraging in E-Voting

Ravi Vatrapu, Scott Robertson

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

In this paper, we present a case study of human-information interaction in the online realm of politics. The case study consists of a participant observed while searching and browsing the internet for campaign information in a mock-voting situation while taking notes that were to be shared with others. Interaction analysis of the case study data consisted of applying Information Foraging Theory to understand participant specific behaviors in searching and browsing. Case study results show skewed time allocation to activities, a tradeoff between enrichment vs. exploitation of search results, and issues with lack of scent, low value perception, and value depletion of information. Potential implications for voter-centered design of evoting
portals are discussed and future work is outlined.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Redaktører	Daniel R. Olsen, Richard B. Arthur
Udgivelsessted	New York
Forlag	Association for Computing Machinery
Publikationsdato	2009
Sider	3799-3804
ISBN (Trykt)	9781605582474
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1145/1520340.1520574
Status	Udgivet - 2009
Begivenhed	The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. CHI 2009 - Boston, USA Varighed: 4 apr. 2009 → 9 apr. 2009 Konferencens nummer: 27 http://www.chi2009.org

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Konference	The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. CHI 2009
Nummer	27
Land/Område	USA
By	Boston
Periode	04/04/2009 → 09/04/2009
Internetadresse	http://www.chi2009.org

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Vatrapu, R & Robertson, S 2009, Information Foraging in E-Voting. i DR Olsen & RB Arthur (red), Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, s. 3799-3804, The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. CHI 2009, Boston, USA, 04/04/2009. https://doi.org/10.1145/1520340.1520574

Information Foraging in E-Voting. / Vatrapu, Ravi; Robertson, Scott.
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. red. / Daniel R. Olsen; Richard B. Arthur. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2009. s. 3799-3804.

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review

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