Collaborative Web Search: Who, What, Where, When, and Why

by Meredith Ringel Morris

Today, Web search is treated as a solitary experience. Web browsers and search engines are typically designed to support a single user, working alone. However, collaboration on information-seeking tasks is actually commonplace. Students work together to complete homework assignments, friends seek information about joint entertainment opportunities, family members jointly plan vacation travel, and colleagues jointly conduct research for their projects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031011422
• ISBN13: 9783031011429
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 85 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.5" x 9.3"