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The role of pre-existing highlights in reader–text interactions and outcomes Dodson, Samuel; Freund, Luanne; Kopak, Rick

Abstract

Many digital information environments enable sharing of readers’ highlights and other annotations, despite the lack of clear evidence of the effects on interaction behaviours and outcomes. We report on an experimental user study (n=15) of the impact of pre-existing highlights of varying quality on the digital reading process and outcomes of participants with different cognitive styles. We found that highlight quality affects surface level comprehension, but not deeper understanding. Participants were able to assess highlight quality and expressed different approaches to highlighting that influenced their interpretation of pre-existing highlights. Results regarding the impact of cognitive style were inconclusive.

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Title
The role of pre-existing highlights in reader–text interactions and outcomes
Creator
Dodson, Samuel; Freund, Luanne; Kopak, Rick
Date Issued
2018
Description
Many digital information environments enable sharing of readers’ highlights and other annotations, despite the lack of clear evidence of the effects on interaction behaviours and outcomes. We report on an experimental user study (n=15) of the impact of pre-existing highlights of varying quality on the digital reading process and outcomes of participants with different cognitive styles. We found that highlight quality affects surface level comprehension, but not deeper understanding. Participants were able to assess highlight quality and expressed different approaches to highlighting that influenced their interpretation of pre-existing highlights. Results regarding the impact of cognitive style were inconclusive.
Subject
annotation; comprehension; highlighting; reading; social reading
Genre
Article; Postprint
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-02-13
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0376433
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/68351
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; iSchool (Library, Archival and Information Studies)
Citation
Dodson, S., Freund, L., & Kopak, R. (2018) The role of pre-existing highlights in reader-text interactions and outcomes. In Proceedings of the 2018 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (pp. 17–20). New York, NY: ACM.
Publisher DOI
10.1145/3197026.3197066
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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