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Does Background Music Matter in Data Videos? A Study of Music's Impact on Persuasion, Engagement, and Recall

Data videos combine visualization, animation, narration, and often background music to tell stories with data. While music is widely believed to enhance emotion and persuasion, its impact in data videos remains unexplored. We conducted a preregistered between-subjects experiment comparing six widely-viewed data videos…

Hessam Djavaherpour et al.Independent Researcher

AbstractExplorer: Leveraging Structure-Mapping Theory to Enhance Comparative Close Reading at Scale

Individual flagship conferences today can have over a thousand papers; even reading just the abstract of every paper at the latest relevant conference to keep up with the research is time and memory prohibitive. Previous visualizations in this domain have ubiquitously followed Shneiderman's Visual Information-Seeking…

Ziwei Gu et al.Harvard University

AI-Enabled Conversational Journaling for Advancing Parkinson's Disease Symptom Tracking

Journaling plays a crucial role in managing chronic conditions by allowing patients to document symptoms and medication intake, providing essential data for long-term care. While valuable, traditional journaling methods often rely on static, self-directed entries, lacking interactive feedback and real-time guidance. T…

Mashrur Rashik et al.University of Massachusetts

Beyond Text and Speech in Conversational Agents: Mapping the Design Space of Avatars

Conversational agents have gained widespread popularity due to their ability to simulate and sustain contextual conversations. Prior works predominantly focused on computational challenges. However, avatars — the representation of the agent — impact user interactions and perception of conversational agents' trustworth…

Mashrur Rashik et al.University of Massachusetts

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CommunityBots: Creating and Evaluating A Multi-Agent Chatbot Platform for Public Input Elicitation

In recent years, the popularity of AI-enabled conversational agents or chatbots has risen as an alternative to traditional online surveys to elicit information from people. However, there is a gap in using single-agent chatbots to converse and gather multi-faceted information across a wide variety of topics. Prior wor…

Zhiqiu Jiang et al.University of Massachusetts

Chatbots and Conversational Agents

Who Do We Mean When We Talk About Visualization Novices?

As more people rely on visualization to inform their personal and collective decisions, researchers have focused on a broader range of audiences, including "novices.'' But successfully applying, interrogating, or advancing visualization research for novices demands a clear understanding of what "novice'' means in theo…

Alyxander Burns et al.Mount Holyoke College

Supporting Serendipitous Discovery and Balanced Analysis of Online Product Reviews with Interaction-Driven Metrics and Bias-Mitigating Suggestions

In this study, we investigate how supporting serendipitous discovery and analysis of online product reviews can encourage readers to explore reviews more comprehensively prior to making purchase decisions. We propose two interventions --- Exploration Metrics that can help readers understand and track their exploration…

Mahmood Jasim et al.University of Massachusetts

CommunityPulse: Facilitating Community Input Analysis by Surfacing Hidden Insights, Reflections, and Priorities

Increased access to online engagement platforms has created a shift in civic practice, enabling civic leaders to broaden their outreach to collect a larger number of community input, such as comments and ideas. However, sensemaking of such input remains a challenge due to the unstructured nature of text comments and a…

Mahmood Jasim et al.University of Massachusetts

RisingEMOTIONS: Bridging Art and Technology to Visualize Public's Emotions about Climate Change

In response to the threat posed by sea-level rise, coastal cities must rapidly adapt and transform vulnerable areas to protect endangered communities. As such, raising awareness and engaging affected communities in planning for adaptation strategies is critical. However, in the US, public engagement with climate chang…

Carolina Aragon et al.University of Massachusetts

CommunityClick: Capturing and Reporting Community Feedback from Town Halls to Improve Inclusivity

Local governments still depend on traditional town halls for community consultation, despite problems such as a lack of inclusive participation for attendees and difficulty for civic organizers to capture attendees' feedback in reports. Building on a formative study with 66 town hall attendees and 20 organizers, we de…

Mahmood Jasim et al.University of Massachusetts

Civic Engagement and Politics

CommunityCrit: Inviting the Public to Improve and Evaluate Urban Design Ideas through Micro-Activities

While urban design affects the public, most people do not have the time or expertise to participate in the process. Many online tools solicit public input, yet typically limit interaction to collecting complaints or early-stage ideas. This paper explores how to engage the public in more complex stages of urban design…

Narges Mahyar et al.University of California

Paper Title	Authors	Research Topics
Does Background Music Matter in Data Videos? A Study of Music's Impact on Persuasion, Engagement, and Recall Data videos combine visualization, animation, narration, and often background music to tell stories with data. While music is widely believed to enhance emotion and persuasion, its impact in data videos remains unexplored. We conducted a preregistered between-subjects experiment comparing six widely-viewed data videos…	HD Hessam Djavaherpour et al.Independent Researcher
AbstractExplorer: Leveraging Structure-Mapping Theory to Enhance Comparative Close Reading at Scale Individual flagship conferences today can have over a thousand papers; even reading just the abstract of every paper at the latest relevant conference to keep up with the research is time and memory prohibitive. Previous visualizations in this domain have ubiquitously followed Shneiderman's Visual Information-Seeking…	ZG Ziwei Gu et al.Harvard University
emoji_events AI-Enabled Conversational Journaling for Advancing Parkinson's Disease Symptom Tracking Journaling plays a crucial role in managing chronic conditions by allowing patients to document symptoms and medication intake, providing essential data for long-term care. While valuable, traditional journaling methods often rely on static, self-directed entries, lacking interactive feedback and real-time guidance. T…	MR Mashrur Rashik et al.University of Massachusetts
Beyond Text and Speech in Conversational Agents: Mapping the Design Space of Avatars Conversational agents have gained widespread popularity due to their ability to simulate and sustain contextual conversations. Prior works predominantly focused on computational challenges. However, avatars — the representation of the agent — impact user interactions and perception of conversational agents' trustworth…	MR Mashrur Rashik et al.University of Massachusetts
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CommunityBots: Creating and Evaluating A Multi-Agent Chatbot Platform for Public Input Elicitation In recent years, the popularity of AI-enabled conversational agents or chatbots has risen as an alternative to traditional online surveys to elicit information from people. However, there is a gap in using single-agent chatbots to converse and gather multi-faceted information across a wide variety of topics. Prior wor…	ZJ Zhiqiu Jiang et al.University of Massachusetts	Chatbots and Conversational Agents
emoji_events Who Do We Mean When We Talk About Visualization Novices? As more people rely on visualization to inform their personal and collective decisions, researchers have focused on a broader range of audiences, including "novices.'' But successfully applying, interrogating, or advancing visualization research for novices demands a clear understanding of what "novice'' means in theo…	AB Alyxander Burns et al.Mount Holyoke College
Supporting Serendipitous Discovery and Balanced Analysis of Online Product Reviews with Interaction-Driven Metrics and Bias-Mitigating Suggestions In this study, we investigate how supporting serendipitous discovery and analysis of online product reviews can encourage readers to explore reviews more comprehensively prior to making purchase decisions. We propose two interventions --- Exploration Metrics that can help readers understand and track their exploration…	MJ Mahmood Jasim et al.University of Massachusetts
CommunityPulse: Facilitating Community Input Analysis by Surfacing Hidden Insights, Reflections, and Priorities Increased access to online engagement platforms has created a shift in civic practice, enabling civic leaders to broaden their outreach to collect a larger number of community input, such as comments and ideas. However, sensemaking of such input remains a challenge due to the unstructured nature of text comments and a…	MJ Mahmood Jasim et al.University of Massachusetts
RisingEMOTIONS: Bridging Art and Technology to Visualize Public's Emotions about Climate Change In response to the threat posed by sea-level rise, coastal cities must rapidly adapt and transform vulnerable areas to protect endangered communities. As such, raising awareness and engaging affected communities in planning for adaptation strategies is critical. However, in the US, public engagement with climate chang…	CA Carolina Aragon et al.University of Massachusetts
emoji_events CommunityClick: Capturing and Reporting Community Feedback from Town Halls to Improve Inclusivity Local governments still depend on traditional town halls for community consultation, despite problems such as a lack of inclusive participation for attendees and difficulty for civic organizers to capture attendees' feedback in reports. Building on a formative study with 66 town hall attendees and 20 organizers, we de…	MJ Mahmood Jasim et al.University of Massachusetts	Civic Engagement and Politics
CommunityCrit: Inviting the Public to Improve and Evaluate Urban Design Ideas through Micro-Activities While urban design affects the public, most people do not have the time or expertise to participate in the process. Many online tools solicit public input, yet typically limit interaction to collecting complaints or early-stage ideas. This paper explores how to engage the public in more complex stages of urban design…	NM Narges Mahyar et al.University of California