Title
How annotation styles influence content and preferences
Abstract
Photo-tagging web sites provide several methods to annotate photographs. In this paper, we study how people use and respond to three different annotation styles: single-word tags, multi-word tags, and comments. We find significant differences in how annotation styles influence the objectivity, descriptiveness, and interestingness of annotations. Although single-word and multi-word tags are not normally differentiated, users prefer multi-word tags for their combination of descriptiveness and succinctness. We also discover that producers and consumers assess annotation styles differently in terms of ease of use, support for different user goals, and amount of effort required, demonstrating that allowing multiple modes of annotation is generally beneficial, as is considering both tag production and consumption.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1145/2481492.2481519
HT
Keywords
Field
DocType
tag production,significant difference,different annotation style,photo-tagging web site,single-word tag,multiple mode,multi-word tag,different user goal,annotation style,motivations,annotation
Multiple modes,World Wide Web,Annotation,Information retrieval,Succinctness,Computer science,Usability,As is,Objectivity (philosophy),Multimedia
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.37
15
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Justin Cheng179934.10
Dan Cosley23239260.74