Information Findability Attributes and Demobilization of the Web User's Active Attitude
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Information findability. Social networks on the internet. Social web. Timelines.Abstract
The World Wide Web revolutionized the way we consume information, demanding from its users an active posture in the search for content. More recently, Social Networks on the Internet offered even more freedoms and possibilities for action to users, but they were also responsible for popularizing the information environments known as timelines. In these environments, the content presented to users is automatically selected by algorithms. This article shares a study that aims to show that the algorithms dynamics and information architecture used in timelines contribute to the return the users to a passive posture. For this purpose, it uses as methodology the analysis of the attributes of Information Findability, verifying how they are applied in timelines. With this analysis, evidence was found that such environments meet a few attributes of Information Findability, allowing to conclude that they were designed for an uninterested user, who does not actively search for information.Downloads
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