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Mobile search behaviors : an in-depth analysis based on contexts, APPs, and devices /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wu, Dan (Professor of library and information science) (Author), Liang, Shaobo (Author)
Corporate Author: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Rafael, California (1537 Fourth Street, 1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018]
Series:Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
Synthesis lectures on information concepts, retrieval, and services ; #63.
Subjects:
Internet searching.
Mobile apps.
APP transition
APP usage
cross-device search
human-computer interaction
information preparation
information resumption
information-seeking behavior
mobile search behavior
mobile search context
search performance
search task
user information behavior
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book (PDF)
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Information search in mobile context
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Key terms
  • 1.3. Literature review
  • 1.4. Research design
  • 2. Context-based mobile search behaviors
  • 2.1. Mobile search strategies
  • 2.2. Modeling context-based mobile search
  • 2.3. Designing context-based mobile search task collection
  • 2.4. Summary
  • 3. Mobile search behaviors and APP usage
  • 3.1. App topics and mobile search
  • 3.2. APP transition in mobile search
  • 3.3. Follow-up actions triggered by mobile search
  • 3.4. Summary
  • 4. Mobile search behavior across different devices
  • 4.1. Information preparation behavior in cross-device search
  • 4.2. Information resumption behavior in cross-device search
  • 4.3. Exploring the On-the-spot search performance in cross-device search
  • 4.4. Predicting search performance in cross-device search
  • 4.5. Summary
  • 5. Discussion and conclusions
  • 5.1. Discussion
  • 5.2. Implications
  • 5.3. Limitations
  • 5.4. Conclusions.