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Visual information seeking

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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 66, Issue 6

Pages 1091 - 1105

https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23244

Published: 01 June 2015 Publication History

Abstract

The present study reports on the information seeking processes in a visual context, referred to throughout as visual information seeking. This study synthesizes research throughout different, yet complementary, areas, each capable of contributing findings and understanding to visual information seeking. Methods previously applied for examining the visual information seeking process are reviewed, including interactive experiments, surveys, and various qualitative approaches. The methods and resulting findings are presented and structured according to generalized phases of existing information seeking models, which include the needs, actions, and assessments of users. A review of visual information needs focuses on need and thus query formulation; user actions, as reviewed, centers on search and browse behaviors and the observed trends, concluded by a survey of users' assessments of visual information as part of the interactive process. This separate examination, specific to a visual context, is significant; visual information can influence outcomes in an interactive process and presents variations in the types of needs, tasks, considerations, and decisions of users, as compared to information seeking in other contexts.

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Albertson DJohnston M(2021)Modelling users’ perceptions of video information seeking, learning through added value and use of curated digital collectionsJournal of Information Science10.1177/016555152092080747:5(575-589)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1177/0165551520920807
Thode WScholer FThomas PElsweiler DJoho HKando NSmith C(2021)Integration of Images into the Patent Retrieval ProcessProceedings of the 2021 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval10.1145/3406522.3446006(351-354)Online publication date: 14-Mar-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3406522.3446006
Bircanin FSitbon LFavre BBrereton MO'Brien HFreund LArapakis IHoeber OLopatovska I(2020)Designing an IIR Research Apparatus with Users with Severe Intellectual DisabilityProceedings of the 2020 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval10.1145/3343413.3378008(412-416)Online publication date: 14-Mar-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3343413.3378008
Matusiak KRorissa AAlbertson DYoon J(2016)How is image seeking and use studiedProceedings of the 79th ASIS&T Annual Meeting: Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology10.5555/3017447.3017457(1-4)Online publication date: 14-Oct-2016
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