Designing the Presentation of Hyperlinks to Reduce Overload in Online Health Information

Authors

  • Yifan Liu School of Information, University of British Columbia
  • Luanne Sinnamon School of Information, University of British Columbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/cais1847

Abstract

This talk will present the results of a completed crowdsourced study with 82 participants. The study was guided by the question: how does the visual saliency of hyperlinks on a health information web page influence perceived information overload, emotional reactions, and task performance? Results indicate that different modes of presenting a high volume of hyperlinks can influence the experience of information overload.

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2024-09-10

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Liu, Y., & Sinnamon, L. (2024). Designing the Presentation of Hyperlinks to Reduce Overload in Online Health Information. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS Actes Du congrès Annuel De l’ACSI. https://doi.org/10.29173/cais1847

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2023

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Lightning Talks

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