Back to Search
Start Over
Human factors in the design of a personalizable EPG: Preference-indication strategies, habit watching and trust
- Source :
- Behaviour & Information Technology. 21:249-258
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2002.
-
Abstract
- The article describes a user study to support the design of a personalizable EPG (Electronic TV Programme Guide), and of its user interface for editing user preference profiles regarding TV channels and categories. This study focuses on issues related to users' behaviour and perceptions regarding a personalizable EPG, and especially regarding the personalization process. Users were presented with a paper-and-pencil procedure to indicate their TV viewing preferences, as well as with an electronic version. Their strategies were observed and their opinions asked, especially on trusting a system that uses this data. Moreover, their viewing behaviour was monitored over a period of two weeks, and recommendations for the second week were based on the viewing behaviour of the first week. The results indicate that users are reasonably comfortable and consistent in describing their viewing habits in terms of preferences, both for the paper-and-pencil and electronic preference-indication procedures, but that fine tu...
- Subjects :
- Engineering
business.industry
media_common.quotation_subject
General Social Sciences
Preference
Personalization
Human-Computer Interaction
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Human–computer interaction
Perception
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Selection (linguistics)
Habit
User interface
business
Tv viewing
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13623001 and 0144929X
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Behaviour & Information Technology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........9c5f1fe95e266756d9e223c51448cb75