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Simon Attfield
Researcher at Middlesex University
Publications - 75
Citations - 1089
Simon Attfield is an academic researcher from Middlesex University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sensemaking & Intelligence analysis. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 74 publications receiving 1020 citations. Previous affiliations of Simon Attfield include University College London.
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Interacting with Information
Ann Blandford,Simon Attfield +1 more
TL;DR: This lecture discusses how people interact with information in terms of an "information journey," in which people recognise a need for information, find information, interpret and evaluate that information in the context of their goals, and use the interpretation to support their broader activities.
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Information seeking and use by newspaper journalists
Simon Attfield,John Dowell +1 more
TL;DR: An interview study into information seeking and use by journalists at a national British newspaper shows that journalistic work is uncertain as a function of an uncertain context and their continually evolving plans.
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Patient information needs: pre- and post-consultation.
TL;DR: Findings from a study of information seeking behaviour by National Health Service patients are presented, revealing that having confidence in health practitioners is one key motiva- tion for information seeking and another is a desire to use health service resources judiciously, efficiently and effectively.
Towards a science of user engagement.
TL;DR: How existing user engagement metrics, web analytics, information retrieval metrics, and measures from immersion in gaming can bring new perspective to defining, measuring and explaining user engagement is considered.
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Information seeking in the context of writing: A design psychology interpretation of the “problematic situation”
TL;DR: A design-oriented representation of writing tasks as a means of providing an account of phenomena such as information seeking uncertainty and focus refinement is developed and the paper illustrates the representation with scenarios describing the work of newspaper journalists.