Jessica Hullman|Eytan Adar|Priti Shah
The impact of social information on visual judgments
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
social visualization systems emerged support collective intelligencedriven analysis growing influx open data many online systems social signals eg forums polls commonly integrated drive use unfortunately social features provide rapid highaccuracy analysis coupled pitfalls social system experiment involving 300 subjects address social information signals social proof affect quantitative judgments context graphical perception identify unbiased social signals lead fewer errors nonsocial settings conversely biased signals lead errors reflect systematic bias nullifies certain collective intelligence benefits provide evidence formation information cascades describe findings applied collaborative visualization systems produce accurate individual interpretations social contexts