%0 Journal Article
%T Reasons for relating representations when reading digital multimodal science information
%A Anders D Sivle
%A Per H Uppstad
%J Visual Communication
%@ 1741-3214
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1470357218763330
%X This exploratory study examined 16 participants¡¯ reasons for relating representations when reading online information that presented weather forecasts comprising a variety of representations. They were told to advise a friend, who was planning to paint the exterior of his house, based on the online information. The participants¡¯ multimodal reading was tracked with a SMI RED (50 Hz) eye-tracker, and their reasons for relating representations were investigated through a retrospective think-aloud protocol cued by the recording of the individual¡¯s reading behaviour and a stand-alone interview. In line with expected behaviour, results suggest that decision-making processes influenced the construction of reading paths. More interestingly, results showed that the participants¡¯ reasons for making transitions between representations were to control and compare information. The discussion focuses on this study¡¯s unique contribution in terms of new conjectures for future research
%K exploratory
%K eye-tracking
%K integration
%K multimodality
%K multiple representations
%K reading path
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1470357218763330