M. Ataur Rahman
Exploring opportunities to facilitate serendipity in search
Rahman, M. Ataur; Wilson, Max L.
Authors
Max L. Wilson
Abstract
Serendipitously discovering new information can bring many benefits. Although we can design systems to highlight serendipitous information, serendipity cannot be easily orchestrated and is thus hard to study. In this paper, we deployed a working search engine that matched search results with Facebook `Like' data, as a technology probe to examine naturally occurring serendipitous discoveries. Search logs and diary entries revealed the nature of these occasions in both leisure and work contexts. The findings support the use of the micro-serendipity model in search system design.
Citation
Rahman, M. A., & Wilson, M. L. (2015). Exploring opportunities to facilitate serendipity in search.
Conference Name | 38th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval |
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End Date | Aug 13, 2015 |
Publication Date | Aug 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Jan 22, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 22, 2016 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Series Title | SIGIR '15 |
Keywords | Design, Serendipity, Web search |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/982878 |
Publisher URL | http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2766462.2767783 |
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