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An empirical study on university students' continuous utilization of fitness apps in China 中国大学生健身app持续使用的实证研究

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47989/irisic2206

Yao Zhang, Yue Ming, Yuelin Li, Yulin Yang

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'I learn each day.' The informational lifeworld of dog and cat guardians in New Zealand “我每天都在学习。”新西兰猫狗监护人的信息生活世界

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47989/irisic2205

N. Solhjoo, Maja Krtalić, A. Goulding

{"title":"'I learn each day.' The informational lifeworld of dog and cat guardians in New Zealand","authors":"N. Solhjoo, Maja Krtalić, A. Goulding","doi":"10.47989/irisic2205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/irisic2205","url":null,"abstract":"Recognising the importance of information in understanding and living with companion animals, this paper investigates cat and dog guardians’ opinions on how they learn new things and update themselves. It identifies a range of information, practices, and contexts within their everyday life. An anonymous online survey consisting of close-ended and open-ended questions was distributed to cat and dog guardians in New Zealand between October and December 2021. Response frequencies and descriptive statistics of quantitative data were generated. The qualitative data were open-coded with an information experience lens to identify the categories of information forms and practices. uantitative data indicate personal experiences and memories of guardians (75%), and casual conversations with other guardians (73%) as the most common resources for learning, after experts (e.g. veterinarians) (93%). Qualitative data analysis categorized these as two main themes of external and internal forms of information. External information consisted of social information in verbal and nonverbal communication with other humans and animals, recorded information in digital and physical mediums, and embedded information held in artifacts and animals’ body. Internal information related to guardians’ memory and personal knowledge (cognitive information), values and emotions (affective information), and bodily feelings and subjective interpretation of their senses (embodied information). The informational lifeworld of the participants was made of their external interactions and internal values, which appears as interwoven concepts in their daily lives with dogs and cats.","PeriodicalId":47431,"journal":{"name":"Information Research-An International Electronic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81278054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Acceptance of new health and communication technology by older adults 老年人对新的卫生和通讯技术的接受程度

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47989/irisic2216

Ágústa Pálsdóttir

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Elicitation of requirements for innovative visual patent retrieval based on interviews with experts 基于专家访谈的创新视觉专利检索需求的启发

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47989/irisic2234

Johanna Zellmer, Christa Womser-Hacker

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Algorithmically embodied emissions: the environmental harm of everyday life information in digital culture 算法体现的排放:数字文化中日常生活信息对环境的危害

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47989/colis2224

Jutta Haider, Malte B. Rödl, S. Joosse

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Effective factors influencing individual’s shared health decision making 影响个体共同健康决策的有效因素

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47989/irisic2247

Maedeh Ghorbanian Zolbin, Shengnan Han, Shahrokh Nikou

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Spiritual information and meaning-making: exploring personal narratives of residents at a contemplative spiritual retreat centre 精神信息和意义的形成:在一个沉思的精神静修中心探索居民的个人叙述

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47989/irisic2236

Pranay Nangia, I. Ruthven

{"title":"Spiritual information and meaning-making: exploring personal narratives of residents at a contemplative spiritual retreat centre","authors":"Pranay Nangia, I. Ruthven","doi":"10.47989/irisic2236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/irisic2236","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to understand the role of information in the domains of contemplation, spirituality, and meaning and purpose. These domains can be a significant aspect of people’s lives and rich in information phenomena. We used narrative analysis, specifically the analysis of online videos in which people were interviewed about their lives after taking residence at a contemplative spiritual retreat centre. We interpreted the interviews through a lens of meaning-making and used a context-centric model to identify the information phenomena at a contemplative spiritual retreat. The findings: (1) Support prior research, which has identified that people engage with spiritual information as a result of a change in worldview, significant events, mystical glimpses, and to gain spiritual knowledge; (2) Deliver an account of the sources and kinds of spiritual information at a contemplative spiritual retreat centre; (3) Provide insights into how people interact with spiritual information during a contemplative spiritual retreat; (4) Suggest that residents at a contemplative spiritual retreat centre seek spiritual information primarily for affective outcomes. We demonstrated meaning-making as a helpful lens to interpret information interactions in the domains of contemplation, spirituality, meaning and purpose, and value in life.","PeriodicalId":47431,"journal":{"name":"Information Research-An International Electronic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76949782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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For the win! Information needs in discourse of board gamers’ online communities 为了胜利!桌游玩家网络社区话语中的信息需求

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47989/irisic2203

Anna Mierzecka, Marcin Łączyński

{"title":"For the win! Information needs in discourse of board gamers’ online communities","authors":"Anna Mierzecka, Marcin Łączyński","doi":"10.47989/irisic2203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/irisic2203","url":null,"abstract":"As an essential part of the human experience with numerous social benefits, serious leisure is the phenomenon that has received attention in information behaviour research. Our study aims to contribute to this field by exploring board gamers’ communities’ information practices on social media sites. In our research, we adopted collectivist approaches, and the empirical part of the study was conducted as a quantitative content analysis. We examined the three most active board game Facebook groups, one for each language: English, French and Polish. The final dataset included N=764 posts. Each post from the sample was described with 47 variables, 23 of which were based upon the codebook of question topics. The information needs expressed in the form of the online questions were in overwhelming part related to the purchase intentions, less frequently concerned tactic knowledge. The distribution of replies between topics and groups in a different language showed visible differences between each group. Although this type of hobby includes both collectors’ and practitioners’ practices, the information presented in online discourse is dominated by those specific to collectors. Both information-seeking and sharing activities proved that board gamers’ online communities form a very information-rich social world.","PeriodicalId":47431,"journal":{"name":"Information Research-An International Electronic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83282105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring the role of context models in memory-building: the completion of informative voids and the re-organisation of narratives in second-hand memories 探索情境模型在记忆构建中的作用:二手记忆中信息空白的填补和叙事的重组

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47989/irisic2249

Samara Velte

{"title":"Exploring the role of context models in memory-building: the completion of informative voids and the re-organisation of narratives in second-hand memories","authors":"Samara Velte","doi":"10.47989/irisic2249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/irisic2249","url":null,"abstract":"The transmission of memory after traumatic collective events (such as armed conflicts) always involves a discursive re-construction from a present viewpoint. In the case of new generations who have no direct memories of the conflict, a variety of contextual factors can interfere in the process of meaning-making. In this paper, we explore some of the discursive strategies employed by youngsters in order to fill in informational voids or to manage discourses that seem contradictory with their current context or pre-established belief systems when re-building narratives about violent conflicts in their community. Oral data collected from eight in-depth interviews with adolescents belonging to the first post-conflict generation in the Basque Country was analysed, combining theories from Memory Studies and theoretical-methodological approaches from Critical Discourse Analysis. Four types of rearrangement of information were identified during the interviews: all speakers drew on contextual information and pre-established mental models in order to fill in informational gaps, even if the resulting narratives sometimes altered the original meaning. Evidence suggests that remembering is a discursive practice strongly influenced by the current context and situation of the speaker, which would offer an explanation as to why collective memory changes with each generation.","PeriodicalId":47431,"journal":{"name":"Information Research-An International Electronic Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84289868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Avoiding negative information as a strategy for emotion regulation 避免负面信息作为情绪调节策略

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47989/irisic2229

Jannica Heinström, Shahrokh Nikou, Eero Sormunen

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