@techreport{TR-IC-10-02,
   number = {IC-10-02},
   author  =  {Júlio  Cesar  dos  {Reis}  and Rodrigo {Bonacin} and M.
                   Cecília C. {Baranauskas}},
   title = {Analysing Search in Inclusive Social Network Services},
   month = {January},
   year = {2010},
   institution = {Institute of Computing, University of Campinas},
   note = {In English, 17 pages.
    \par\selectlanguage{english}\textbf{Abstract}
       Social  Network  Services are a reality nowadays. These systems
       represent a propitious virtual environment for user interaction
       and  communication,  and  an  opportunity  for  people to share
       information   and   knowledge.   Considering   socio-economical  
       aspects, these systems should provide inclusive access for all.
       The  purpose  of  Inclusive Social Network Services (ISN) is to
       create  situations  where users' diversity is respected and the
       access  dificulties minimized. The use of search engines is the
       principal   alternative  to  find  and  to  access  information 
       generated  in  digital  media.  Therefore is important that all
       people have the possibility to recover information in a natural
       way, with results that make sense to them. This research report
       investigates  the  search  process  in  an ISN based on the 8th
       Semio-Participatory  Workshop  of  the e-Cidadania project. The
       activity  involved  the  observation of prospective users of an
       ISN  in  a  set of search scenarios; the aim was to observe how
       users   behave   and   their  dificulties  with  the  searching 
       mechanism.  We  point  out preliminary results that can lead to
       better search engines from an inclusive perspective.
  }
}