A diary study of information encountering triggered by visual stimuli on micro-blogging services

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Highlights:

• How visual stimuli triggered IE on micro-blogging services was studied.

• Micro-blogging services were IE-friendly environments and rich in visual stimuli.

• Excluding text from visual stimuli increased users’ interactions with micro-posts.

• Higher comprehensibility or humorousness of visual stimuli increased users’ interactions with micro-posts.

• Applying CIT in diaries was effective for data collection in IE research.

摘要

•How visual stimuli triggered IE on micro-blogging services was studied.•Micro-blogging services were IE-friendly environments and rich in visual stimuli.•Excluding text from visual stimuli increased users’ interactions with micro-posts.•Higher comprehensibility or humorousness of visual stimuli increased users’ interactions with micro-posts.•Applying CIT in diaries was effective for data collection in IE research.

论文关键词:Information encountering,Visual stimuli,Diary study,Micro-blogging services

论文评审过程:Received 9 April 2018, Revised 19 August 2018, Accepted 20 August 2018, Available online 22 September 2018, Version of Record 22 September 2018.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2018.08.005