Active reading and its discontents: the situations, problems and ideas of readers

The increasing popularity of personal reading devices raises the question of how best to support so-called active reading, which involves acts like annotation, note taking, etc. Prior research addressed this question by observing the active reading process, and identifying disparities between computers and paper as a reading medium. We extend this research by 1) investigating the problems that readers experience in their real world tasks, 2) inquiring about their requirements for an ideal reading technology, and 3) updating earlier studies of naturalistic reading behavior, which are several years old now. We present here the results of our investigation, which included a diary study, interviews, and participatory design workshops. Author Keywords Active reading, diary studies, participatory design. ACM Classification Keywords H.5.2 User Interfaces. General Terms Design, Human Factors.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2011
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Craig S. Tashman, W. Keith Edwards
• Keywords: CHI 2011, Human Computer Interaction, Participatory Design, Reading Diary, World Tasks