
Accessing and Browsing Information and Communication
MIT Press
Published on 20. July 2001
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-262-18214-0 (ISBN)
Description
An interdisciplinary study of the basic human activities of accessing and browsing.This book contends that accessing and browsing information and communication are multidimensional and consequential aspects of the information user's entire experience and of general human behavior. Problems in information creation, processing, transmittal, and use often arise from an incomplete conceptualization of the "information seeking" process, where information seeking is viewed as the intentional finding of specific information. The process has traditionally been considered to begin with some kind of search query and end with some kind of obtained information. That, however, may be only the last, most easily observable-and perhaps not even primary-stage of a complex sequence of activities.This book reviews related theory, research, practice, and implications from a wide range of disciplines. It also analyzes converging forms of information, including mass media, online information services, the Internet and World Wide Web, libraries, public spaces, advertisements, and organizational communication. Extensive case studies illustrate the theoretical material.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
44 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
776 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-18214-0 (9780262182140)
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Persons
Ronald E. Rice is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication in the School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies, Rutgers University.
Shan-Ju L. Chang is Associate Professor of Library and Information Science at National Taiwan University.
Maureen McCreadie is Professor in Library and Instructional Services at Bucks County Community College.
Shan-Ju L. Chang is Associate Professor of Library and Information Science at National Taiwan University.
Maureen McCreadie is Professor in Library and Instructional Services at Bucks County Community College.
Author
University Of California
Bucks County Com College