First impressions: how search engine results contextualise digital identities

  • Authors:
  • Ian Ruthven;Caroline Clews;Wajihah Haji Md Dali

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom;University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom;University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the third symposium on Information interaction in context
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

In this paper, we explore how the results of a person search can provide a context for making judgments about other people. Exploring the new aggregated method of search results presentation, we describe two simulated studies to cast light on whether the results from an aggregated search can change opinions on another person. We show that information presentations can modify opinions on a person we do not know but it is far harder to change existing opinions.