Mitigating the effects of reading interruptions by providing reviews and previews

Namrata Srivastava; Rajiv Jain; Jennifer Healey; Zoya Bylinskii; Tilman Dingler

doi:10.1145/3411763.3451610

Mitigating the effects of reading interruptions by providing reviews and previews

Namrata Srivastava, Rajiv Jain, Jennifer Healey, Zoya Bylinskii, Tilman Dingler

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Abstract

As reading on mobile devices is becoming more ubiquitous, content is consumed in shorter intervals and is punctuated by frequent interruptions. In this work, we explore the best way to mitigate the effects of reading interruptions on longer text passages. Our hypothesis is that short summaries of either previously read content (reviews) or upcoming content (previews) will help the reader re-engage with the reading task. Our target use case is for students who study using electronic textbooks and who are frequently mobile. We present a series of pilot studies that examine the benefits of different types of summaries and their locations, with respect to variations in text content and participant cohorts. We find that users prefer reviews after an interruption, but that previews shown after interruptions have a larger positive influence on comprehension. Our work is a first step towards smart reading applications that proactively provide text summaries to mitigate interruptions on the go.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Editors	Katherine Isbister, Takeo Igarashi
Place of Publication	New York NY USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450380959
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3451610
Publication status	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2021 - Online, Yokohama, Japan Duration: 8 May 2021 → 13 May 2021 Conference number: 39th https://dl.acm.org/doi/book/10.1145/3411763 (Proceedings) https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3411764 (Proceedings)

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2021
Abbreviated title	CHI 2021
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Yokohama
Period	8/05/21 → 13/05/21
Internet address	https://dl.acm.org/doi/book/10.1145/3411763 (Proceedings) https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3411764 (Proceedings)

Keywords

interruptions
mobile reading
reading interfaces

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Srivastava, N., Jain, R., Healey, J., Bylinskii, Z., & Dingler, T. (2021). Mitigating the effects of reading interruptions by providing reviews and previews. In K. Isbister, & T. Igarashi (Eds.), Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 229 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3451610

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Srivastava, N, Jain, R, Healey, J, Bylinskii, Z & Dingler, T 2021, Mitigating the effects of reading interruptions by providing reviews and previews. in K Isbister & T Igarashi (eds), Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 229, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York NY USA, International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2021, Yokohama, Japan, 8/05/21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3451610

Mitigating the effects of reading interruptions by providing reviews and previews. / Srivastava, Namrata; Jain, Rajiv; Healey, Jennifer et al.
Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ed. / Katherine Isbister; Takeo Igarashi. New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2021. 229.

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