A systematic review of information source preference research

IF 1.7 3区管理学 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Journal of Documentation Pub Date : 2023-07-19 DOI:10.1108/jd-03-2023-0059

Hua Zhong, Zhengbiao Han

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Abstract

PurposeThis systematic literature review aims to elaborate on the research progress and features of information source preferences to help other researchers attain a more comprehensive understanding of the field.Design/methodology/approachFollowing a systematic review protocol, 139 research articles from 11 academic databases were analyzed.FindingsOverall, five separate results were obtained: first, information source horizon theory is the main theoretical foundation of information source preferences research, while other theories have been applied less. Second, information source preference research has strong context sensitivity and involves health, work, consumption, learning, survival and development and emergencies. Third, preference criteria can be summarized into three categories: information characteristics, user characteristics, needs characteristics and corresponding specific criteria. Fourth, information source preferences are influenced by both internal and external factors, including five specific aspects, namely demographics, the user's cognition, the user's affection, capital and contextual factors. Fifth, this field is dominated by quantitative methods and an information horizon mapping method could be applied more.Originality/valueThis study is the first to reveal the general picture of information source preferences. It also elaborates on the characteristics of this field and presents potential development directions.

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信息源偏好研究的系统综述

目的本系统的文献综述旨在阐述信息源偏好的研究进展和特征，以帮助其他研究人员对该领域有更全面的了解。设计/方法/方法根据系统综述协议，分析了来自11个学术数据库的139篇研究文章。研究结果表明：第一，信息源视界理论是信息源偏好研究的主要理论基础，而其他理论的应用较少。第二，信息源偏好研究具有较强的情境敏感性，涉及健康、工作、消费、学习、生存与发展以及突发事件。第三，偏好标准可以概括为三类：信息特征、用户特征、需求特征和相应的具体标准。第四，信息源偏好受到内部和外部因素的影响，包括五个具体方面，即人口统计、用户认知、用户情感、资本和情境因素。第五，该领域以定量方法为主，信息层映射方法可以更多地应用。原创性/价值这项研究首次揭示了信息源偏好的全貌。阐述了该领域的特点，并提出了潜在的发展方向。

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Journal of Documentation INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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4.20

自引率

14.30%

发文量

期刊介绍： The scope of the Journal of Documentation is broadly information sciences, encompassing all of the academic and professional disciplines which deal with recorded information. These include, but are certainly not limited to: ■Information science, librarianship and related disciplines ■Information and knowledge management ■Information and knowledge organisation ■Information seeking and retrieval, and human information behaviour ■Information and digital literacies