User-adaptive Support for Processing Magazine Style Narrative Visualizations: Identifying User Characteristics that Matter

In this paper we present results from an exploratory user study to uncover which user characteristics (e.g., perceptual speed, verbal working memory, etc.) play a role in how users process textual documents with embedded visualizations (i.e., Magazine Style Narrative Visualizations). We present our findings as a step toward developing user-adaptive support, and provide suggestions on how our results can be leveraged for creating a set of meaningful interventions for future evaluation.