Beyond the Search Engine

Design of the Online Search Experience

Liese Zahabi (University of New Hampshire, USA)

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English

Routledge
24 December 2024

Cultural studies; Media studies; Web graphics & design; Computer science

Focusing on the user experience of online search, this book explores the complex design at play and the ways social media platforms, websites, and other online interfaces have been created to provide information.

Author Liese Zahabi addresses three key questions. How do users perceive search engines and what is their understanding of how they work? What are the various user interface designs, contemporary and historical, that have created access points to search, and how do these interfaces affect each other and a user’s search process? What do these designs and products say about our priorities and our relationships with information and other people? This book weaves archival and contemporary examples of interface designs together with the results of user research conducted by the author. These user studies focus on how people utilize various platforms, apps, and interfaces in their quest for information, answers, and meaning. Current research from the fields of user experience design, interaction design, and information design is integrated throughout to expand on these ideas and provide larger takeaways.

This book is crucial reading for advanced students, scholars, and professionals in the fields of design (specifically user experience and interaction design), media and cultural studies, information science, and design studies.

By: Liese Zahabi (University of New Hampshire USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032481951
ISBN 10: 1032481951
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 24 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. A brief history of the design of search online 2. The rise of task- and domain-specific search 3. How social media has influenced online search 4. The need for curation interfaces 5. Ubiquitous search and the Internet of Things 6. Conclusions

Liese Zahabi is a graphic/interaction designer and Associate Professor of Design at the University of New Hampshire, USA. Her academic research focuses on search as a cognitive and cultural process, and how the design of interfaces can change the experience of digital search tasks.