The information flaneur: A fresh look at information seeking

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1215-1224

  Dork, Marian ^a   Carpendale, Sheelagh ^a   Williamson, Carey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flaneur; Human computer interaction; Information seeking

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE;

CREATIVES; FLANEUR; GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGNS; INFORMATION SEEKING; OPTIMISTICS; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 79958107946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1978942.1979124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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