Encouraging serendipity in research: Designing technologies to support connection-making
Encouraging serendipity in research: Designing technologies to support connection-making
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ijhcs.2016.01.003
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发表时间：
2016-05-01
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5.4
通讯作者：
Sharples, Sarah
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作者：
Kefalidou, Genovefa;Sharples, Sarah
移动应用程序有能力向用户呈现受其周围环境、活动和兴趣影响的信息。这种应用程序有可能通过信息、背景、洞察力和活动的结合，影响个人体验“意外发现”的可能性。这项研究报告了一个系统的部署，该系统全天向用户发送推送文本建议，其中这些消息的内容是根据用户的经验和兴趣来通知的。我们调查了在一天中不同时间收到的格式和相关性不同的消息的响应和交互。16名参与者被要求使用移动日记应用程序记录他们在连续五天内收到的信息的经历和想法。结果表明，参与者对收到的建议的感知受到与其兴趣相关的建议的影响，但对看似无关的信息也有积极的态度。定性数据表明，如果在适当的时间和地点，参与者愿意接受并采取行动，只要他们收到的建议数量不是压倒性的。这项研究有助于理解移动用户如何与新信息建立联系，进一步了解如何利用技术容纳偶然的联系和深刻的思考。(C) 2016年作者。Elsevier Ltd.出版。这是一篇基于CC BY许可（http://creativecommons.orgilicensesiby/4.0/）的开放获取文章。
Mobile applications have the ability to present information to users that is influenced by their surroundings, activities and interests. Such applications have the potential to influence the likelihood of individuals experiencing 'serendipity', through a combination of information, context, insight and activity. This study reports the deployment of a system that sends push text suggestions to users throughout the day, where the content of those messages is informed by users' experience and interests. We investigated the responses to and interactions with messages that varied in format and relevance, and which were received at different times throughout the day. Sixteen participants were asked to use a mobile diary application to record their experiences and thoughts regarding information that was received over a period of five consecutive days. Results suggest that participants' perception of the received suggestions was influenced by the relevance of the suggestion to their interests, but that there were also positive attitudes towards seemingly irrelevant information. Qualitative data indicates that participants, if in an appropriate time and place, are willing to accept and act upon push suggestions as long as the number of suggestions that they receive is not overwhelming. This study contributes towards an understanding of how mobile users make connections with new information, furthering our understanding of how serendipitous connections and insightful thinking could be accommodated using technology. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.orgilicensesiby/4.0/).