The effect of media richness factors on representativeness for video skim

The study examines the effect of four important aspects of film skimming, including segmentation process, proportion of total skimmed length (TSL), multiple cues available, and genre/domain of the film. We design three experiments to explore their effects on representativeness for video skim. The results of Experiment 1 show that the skimmed video combined with 10% of total skimmed length and 5 or 10 s of skimmed segment (SS) is more efficient for representativeness. The results of Experiment 2 show that the skimmed video with mostly ending part and multiple cues can significantly improve representativeness. The results of Experiment 3 reveal that the representativeness of skimmed video with different types of movie is significantly different.In our experiments, the proportion of TSL is set to three levels, 5%, 10%, and 15%, while the size of SS is also set to three levels, 2.5, 5, and 10 s for the segmentation process. We observe that the skimmed video with the longer TSL and SS has the better representativeness of movie content, but the four combinations for 10% and 15% with 5 s and 10 s are insignificantly different. The finding is helpful for reducing the time cost of skimming video. Furthermore, we applied two important factors—personality focus of the medium and multiple cues, from media richness theory to our skimming method in order to raise the representativeness of video skim for different films. In the personality focus of the medium, we define a movie as having three parts—beginning, middle, and ending. In the multiple cues, the skimmed video with synchronized subtitle, audio, and video can assist our comprehension and reduce the uncertainty. We find that the skimmed video with mostly ending part and synchronized subtitle, audio, and video can raise the representativeness of movie content.

► The study examines the effect of four important aspects of film skimming, including segmentation process, proportion of total skimmed length (TSL), multiple cues available, and genre/domain of the film.
► The skimmed video with mostly ending part and multiple cues can significantly improve representativeness.
► The representativeness of skimmed video with different types of movie is significantly different.
► Two important factors—personality focus of the medium and multiple cues, from media richness theory to our skimming method can raise the representativeness of video skim.
► The skimmed video with mostly ending part and synchronized subtitle, audio, and video can raise the representativeness of movie content.