Developing a model of distributed sensemaking: a case study of military analysis
Wheat, Ashley, Attfield, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9374-2481 and Fields, Bob
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1117-1844
(2016)
Developing a model of distributed sensemaking: a case study of military analysis.
Informatics, 3
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ISSN 2227-9709
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(doi:10.3390/informatics3010001)
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Abstract
In this paper, we examine the role of representational artefacts in sensemaking. Embodied within representational media, such as maps, charts and lists, are a number of affordances, which can furnish sensemakers with the ability to perform tasks that may be difficult to do inside the head. Presented here is a study of sensemaking in action. We conducted a study of military intelligence analysts carrying out a training exercise, the analysis of which focuses on the use of external task-specific representations. We present a discussion of the findings of our study in the form of a model of distributed sensemaking. Our model concentrates on the interaction of information and various representational artefacts, leading to the generation of insights and a situation picture. We also introduce a number of levels of description for examining the properties and affordances offered by representational artefacts and their role in the sensemaking process.
Item Type: | Article |
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Research Areas: | A. > School of Science and Technology > Computer Science |
Item ID: | 19812 |
Notes on copyright: | © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
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Depositing User: | Bob Fields |
Date Deposited: | 10 May 2016 10:21 |
Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2022 22:05 |
URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/19812 |
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