Dynamic queries for visual information seeking

Purpose Information seeking is an interactive behaviour of the end users with information systems, which occurs in a real environment known as context. Context affects information-seeking behaviour in many different ways. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that potentially constitute the context of visual information seeking. Design/methodology/approach The authors used a Straussian version of grounded theory, a qualitative approach, to conduct the study. Using a purposive sampling method, 28 subjects participated in the study. The data were analysed using open, axial and selective coding in MAXQDA software. Findings The contextual factors influencing visual information seeking were classified into seven categories, including: “user characteristics”, “general search features”, “visual search features”, “display of results”, “accessibility of results”, “task type” and “environmental factors”. Practical/implications This study contributes to a better understanding of how people conduct searches in and interact with visual search interfaces. Results have important implications for the designers of information retrieval systems. Originality/value This paper is among the pioneer studies investigating contextual factors influencing information seeking in visual information retrieval systems.

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Visual Information Seeking: Tight Coupling of Dynamic Query Filters with Starfield Displays

The Craft of Information Visualization ◽

10.1016/b978-155860915-0/50004-4 ◽

2003 ◽

pp. 7-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Christopher Ahlberg ◽

Ben Shneiderman

Keyword(s):

Information Seeking ◽

Visual Information ◽

Tight Coupling ◽

Dynamic Query

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Information-Seeking Behavior in the Tactile Modality

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1980.50.3c.1179 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 50 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1179-1191

Author(s):

Dan L. Rogers ◽

Austin Jones

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Visual Information ◽

Sensory Deprivation ◽

Sensory Modality ◽

Information Value ◽

Tactile Stimuli ◽

Male Undergraduate ◽

Seeking Behavior ◽

Tactile Modality

In two experiments male undergraduate students ( ns = 24 and 28) were placed in a sensory deprivation environment to assess operationally defined drive properties of statistically defined information in the tactile sensory modality. In the first experiment it was demonstrated that there is a relationship between rate of responding for tactile information and duration of sensory deprivation, and a positive linear relationship between response rate and the relative information value of tactile stimuli. In the second experiment it was observed that information satiation in the tactile modality reduces drive for visual information. These results were discussed in relation to previous studies of auditory and visual information drives and were taken to support the existence of a generalized drive for information.

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