{"title":"Using IA to Increase User Awareness","authors":"Laura Creekmore","doi":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420312","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div>\n <p>EDITOR'S SUMMARY</p>\n <p>Skewed information content delivered in search results, unwelcome emails, “news” stories or as advertising are telltale signs of an invisible filter bubble that distills the information we receive. Users are often unaware of how information is screened and beyond our control. Yet information architects have considerable influence in shaping content delivery as they design information environments. IAs can enhance user satisfaction by removing imposed limits, creating a setting that empowers users to understand and control the information environment and enabling them to exert their own perspective and agency. Design efforts in information architecture should liberate content for the user, leading to delight in mind-broadening discoveries.</p>\n </div>","PeriodicalId":100205,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology","volume":"42 3","pages":"36-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420312","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420312","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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EDITOR'S SUMMARY
Skewed information content delivered in search results, unwelcome emails, “news” stories or as advertising are telltale signs of an invisible filter bubble that distills the information we receive. Users are often unaware of how information is screened and beyond our control. Yet information architects have considerable influence in shaping content delivery as they design information environments. IAs can enhance user satisfaction by removing imposed limits, creating a setting that empowers users to understand and control the information environment and enabling them to exert their own perspective and agency. Design efforts in information architecture should liberate content for the user, leading to delight in mind-broadening discoveries.