Abstract
The Internet has become a popular source of health information. However, in-depth understanding of the information seeking behaviour of online health information is limited. We conducted an experiment to investigate the information needs and behaviours of health information seekers. This paper reports on a model of behavioural patterns drawn on the experimental results, and implications for designing a better user experience for the exploration of online health information.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5-8 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | CEUR Workshop Proceedings |
Volume | 1276 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Medical Information Retrieval Workshop at SIGIR, MedIR@SIGIR 2014, Co-Located with the 37th annual international ACM SIGIR conference, ACM SIGIR 2014 - Gold Coast, Australia Duration: 11 Jul 2014 → 11 Jul 2014 |
Keywords
- Exploratory search
- Health
- Human behaviour
- Information seeking