TY - GEN
T1 - A diary study of understanding contextual information needs during leisure traveling
AU - Chen, Li
AU - Qi, Luole
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The lack of knowledge about users' information needs will likely impede the applicability of mobile applications to more effectively support users' contextual search behavior. In this paper, we present results from a well-conducted diary study that aimed to learn persons' mobile information needs during their leisure traveling. The analysis of above 200 diary entries of subjects' information needs interestingly suggests question types, intents and topics that these needs exhibited. Moreover, the study reveals respective roles of different context factors, such as location, time and activity, in influencing and prompting users' information needs. Design implications are concluded at the end to show the insights of this study to improve current mobile services.
AB - The lack of knowledge about users' information needs will likely impede the applicability of mobile applications to more effectively support users' contextual search behavior. In this paper, we present results from a well-conducted diary study that aimed to learn persons' mobile information needs during their leisure traveling. The analysis of above 200 diary entries of subjects' information needs interestingly suggests question types, intents and topics that these needs exhibited. Moreover, the study reveals respective roles of different context factors, such as location, time and activity, in influencing and prompting users' information needs. Design implications are concluded at the end to show the insights of this study to improve current mobile services.
KW - Association rule mining
KW - Contextual factors
KW - Diary study
KW - Information needs
KW - Mobile traveling
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77957937903&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/1840784.1840823
DO - 10.1145/1840784.1840823
M3 - Conference proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:77957937903
SN - 9781450302470
T3 - IIiX 2010 - Proceedings of the 2010 Information Interaction in Context Symposium
SP - 265
EP - 268
BT - IIiX 2010 - Proceedings of the 2010 Information Interaction in Context Symposium
T2 - 3rd Information Interaction in Context Symposium, IIiX'10
Y2 - 18 August 2010 through 21 August 2010
ER -