Drop-Down Democracy: Internet Portal Design Influences Voters? Search Strategies

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Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2008)

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Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawaii

January 07-January 10

ISBN: 0-7695-3075-3

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	Scott P. Robertson, Christine E. Wania, George Abraham, S. Joon Park, "Drop-Down Democracy: Internet Portal Design Influences Voters? Search Strategies," Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, pp. 191, Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2008), 2008.

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	@article{ 10.1109/HICSS.2008.131, author = {Scott P. Robertson and Christine E. Wania and George Abraham and S. Joon Park}, title = {Drop-Down Democracy: Internet Portal Design Influences Voters? Search Strategies}, journal ={Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences}, volume = {0}, year = {2008}, issn = {1530-1605}, pages = {191}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/HICSS.2008.131}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - CONF JO - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences TI - Drop-Down Democracy: Internet Portal Design Influences Voters? Search Strategies SN - 1530-1605 SP EP A1 - Scott P. Robertson, A1 - Christine E. Wania, A1 - George Abraham, A1 - S. Joon Park, PY - 2008 VL - 0 JA - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences ER -

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/HICSS.2008.131

In this study we report how different interfaces for searching the internet changed the strategies and information opportunities of voters as they searched for political information. A drop-down interface that helped users define specific queries was compared to a traditional typed- query interface. The drop-down interface resulted in a broader set of information opportunities. Voters using the drop-down interface relied less on candidate websites, visited a broader sampling of website types, and examined issues more closely. Portal design heavily influences search strategies and information opportunities.

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Scott P. Robertson, Christine E. Wania, George Abraham, S. Joon Park, "Drop-Down Democracy: Internet Portal Design Influences Voters? Search Strategies," hicss, pp.191, Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2008), 2008

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