Abstract
The emergence of fake news, as well as filter bubbles and echo chambers, has precipitated renewed attention upon the ways in which news is consumed, shared and reflected and commented upon. While online news comments sections offer space for pluralist and critical discussion, studies suggest that this rarely occurs. Motivated by common practices of annotating, defacing and scribbling on physical newspapers, we built a mobile app – Newsr – that supports co-annotation, in the form of graffiti, on online news articles, which we evaluated in-the-wild for one month. We report on how the app encouraged participants to reflect upon the act of choosing news stories, whilst promoting exploration, the critique of content, and the exposure of bias within the writing. Our findings highlight how the re-design of interactive online news experiences can facilitate more directed, “in-the-moment” critique of online news stories as well as encourage readers to expand the range of news content they read.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | CHI 2018 Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 21-26, 2018, Montreal, QC, Canada |
| Place of Publication | New York, NY, US |
| Publisher | ACM |
| Pages | 1-12 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781450356206 |
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| Publication status | Published - 21 Apr 2018 |
| Event | 2018 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Montréal, Canada Duration: 21 Apr 2018 → 26 Apr 2018 https://chi2018.acm.org/ |
Conference
| Conference | 2018 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
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| Abbreviated title | CHI 2018 |
| Country/Territory | Canada |
| City | Montréal |
| Period | 21/04/18 → 26/04/18 |
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Keywords
- Online news
- social annotation
- graffiti