Towards a New Dimension for User Modeling: The Use of Sensory Vocabulary

Authors: 
Gudrun Kellner
Bettina Berendt
Type: 
Book Contribution
Proceedings: 
Advances in User Modeling, LNCS 7138
Publisher: 
Springer LNCS
Pages: 
397 - 401
ISBN: 
ISBN: 978-3-642-28508-0
Year: 
2012
Abstract: 
One aspect of user preference, which is of high interest especially for the field of e-learning, concerns the mode of presenting information: What sensory system(s) should be addressed to make information interesting and easy to understand for the user? The answer might be found when looking at the user´s perceptual preferences. To test the user would be the most direct way - and the most annoying for the user. In our research, we investigate the use of sensory vocabulary in forum texts as a source of implicit information on the user. Therefore, a corpus with more than 1,000,000 forum posts was analyzed for the occurrence of expressions that are directly linked to a sensory system. We found that users differ significantly in their use of sensory expressions and that most users have preferred patterns for the use of sensory expressions.
TU Focus: 
Information and Communication Technology
Reference: 

G. Kellner, B. Berendt:
"Towards a New Dimension for User Modeling: The Use of Sensory Vocabulary";
in: "Advances in User Modeling, LNCS 7138", T. Kuflik, L. Ardissono (Hrg.); Springer LNCS, 2012, ISBN: 978-3-642-28508-0, S. 397 - 401.

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Last changed: 
27.03.2012 04:25:22
TU Id: 
207274
Accepted: 
Accepted
Invited: 
Department Focus: 
Business Informatics
Abstract German: 
Author List: 
G. Kellner, B. Berendt