Relevance judgment in epistemic and hedonic information searches

被引:22
作者
Xu, Yunjie [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Informat Syst, Sch Comp, Singapore 117543, Singapore
来源
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 2007年 / 58卷 / 02期
关键词
RESEARCH-PROJECT; COGNITIVE MODEL; DOCUMENT USE; CRITERIA; DIMENSIONS; USERS;
D O I
10.1002/asi.20461
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
Research in information science now regards users'relevance judgment as subjective perception. However, user-centered studies in the extant literature mainly focus on relevance judgment in problem solving contexts in which the situational relevance of a document is the main concern for users. This study investigates users' relevance judgment in non-problem-solving contexts, i.e., when users search information for epistemic value or entertainment. It is posited that informative relevance and affective relevance should be the main concerns for users. Based on H. R Grice's (1975, 1989) communication theory and Y. Xu and Z. Chen's (2006) framework, this study tests the significance of topicality, novelty, reliability, understandability, and scope to informative relevance and affective relevance in non-problem-solving contexts. This empirical study finds novelty, reliability, and topicality to be key aspects of informative relevance.
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页码:179 / 189
页数:11
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