Information Seeking with Wikipedia on the Ipod Touch
Authors | James F. Hahn |
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Publication date | 2010 |
DOI | 10.1108/00907321011045043 |
Links | Original |
Information Seeking with Wikipedia on the Ipod Touch - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2010, written by James F. Hahn.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a usability study which inquired into undergraduate student information seeking with Wikipedia on the iPod touch.Design/methodology/approach – Data are drawn from iPod search logs and student survey responses. Search log data are coded with FRBR subject entities (group 3 entity sets) for analysis.Findings – Students characterize the overall nature of information searched for with the Wikipedia app to be for recreational and for short factual information. Recreational searching as a way in which undergraduate students utilize mobile technology is an earlier finding of Wikipedia iPod usage, and is verified as a trend of undergraduate student search using the iPod. All undergraduate student participants of the Wikipedia app on a mobile interface report this tool as helping to become more efficient in their research. Students viewed Wikipedia articles about people and concepts more so than other article types.Originality/value – Undergraduate st...
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Hahn, James F.. (2010). "[[Information Seeking with Wikipedia on the Ipod Touch]]". Emerald. DOI: 10.1108/00907321011045043.
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Hahn, James F.. (2010). "<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Information_Seeking_with_Wikipedia_on_the_Ipod_Touch">Information Seeking with Wikipedia on the Ipod Touch</a>". Emerald. DOI: 10.1108/00907321011045043.