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Understanding the Users’ Tag Selection Behavior in Social Tagging Systems

In: Liss 2013

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  • Yuan Zhang

    (Capital Normal University)

  • Huiying Lv

    (Capital Normal University)

  • Yang Yu

    (Capital Normal University)

  • Mengkun Li

    (Capital Normal University)

Abstract

One of the biggest challenges in information navigation is finding out the information which users most need. In social tagging systems, users’ tag selection behavior is one type of users’ information navigation behavior. This paper integrates the Information Foraging Theory and Spreading Activation Theory to construct a model for investigation the relationship between people’s priori knowledge and their behavior when they are in tag selection. The study holds that the priori knowledge of the individuals and the priori knowledge of the collective are both influence users tag selection behavior. Data collected from 190 users provide support for the proposed model. The results can help UI designers of the professional websites push the most useful information for users.

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  • Yuan Zhang & Huiying Lv & Yang Yu & Mengkun Li, 2015. "Understanding the Users’ Tag Selection Behavior in Social Tagging Systems," Springer Books, in: Runtong Zhang & Zhenji Zhang & Kecheng Liu & Juliang Zhang (ed.), Liss 2013, pages 1151-1155, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-40660-7_172
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40660-7_172
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