Human Information Behavior
Published on 26. January 2007
166 pages
978-1-84663-353-9 (ISBN)
Description
Information behavior studies are a growing body of research that highlights the importance of information for everyone in the information age. This e-book presents an international and diverse range of studies and insights into the current state of theories and models of information behavior. There is an emphasis on the social\personal\human dimensions of information seeking using social science methods and theoretical frameworks. The studies particularly draw on the methods and theories of anthropology, sociology and psychology to produce interpretations of the way in which information is experienced in the lives of individuals working as critical care nurses in a medical environment, the information seeking behavior of the visually impaired, the social interactions within knitting circles in public libraries, and attempts to apply information behavior theory to the design of information solutions. Collectively the papers contribute more generally to our understanding of information behavior theory and models, including the medical and retrieval contexts.
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Content
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL BOARD
- Introduction
- Can two established information models explain the information behaviour of visually impaired people seeking health and social care information?
- Knowledge of information behaviour and its relevance to the design of people-centred information products and services
- A grounded theory model of on-duty critical care nurses' information behavior
- What is enough? Satisficing information needs
- Purls of wisdom
- Affordance theory: a framework for graduate students' information behavior
- Information creation and the notion of membership
- Note from the publisher
