Exploring the cognitive consequences of social search

  • Authors:
  • Brynn M. Evans;Sanjay Kairam;Peter Pirolli

  • Affiliations:
  • University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA;Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA;Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

To what extent can social interactions augment people's natural search experiences? What factors influence the decision to turn to a friend for help? Our paper presents the preliminary results of a social sensemaking task that begin to address such questions by examining the cognitive consequences of social search.