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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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Informational balance 信息资产

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47989/irisic2218

Hugh Samson

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The passion and pleasure of information sharing in pottery practice 陶艺实践中信息分享的激情与乐趣

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47989/irisic2244

Yazdan Mansourian

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Positioning digital well-being in health information behaviour 将数字福祉定位于卫生信息行为

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47989/irisic2224

Leyla Dewitz

{"title":"Positioning digital well-being in health information behaviour","authors":"Leyla Dewitz","doi":"10.47989/irisic2224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/irisic2224","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides an overview of research on digital well-being with the goal of identifying open questions for future research by positioning digital well-being as a health information behaviour practice. Outlining the current debate on digital well-being contributes to how we understand the health information behaviour of people who actively or passively use information through technology to maintain their health or manage illness. A scoping review was undertaken covering various domains, including library and information science (LISA), human-computer interaction (ACM digital library), philosophy, and psychology (APA PsycINFO). To map the current discussion, works that include definitions of digital well-being and/or health information behaviour were selected. In total, twenty-five papers and two monographs were included in the analysis. The analysis comprised a close reading of definitions of digital well-being and health information behaviour in the selected texts. In addition, key areas of research on digital well-being were identified by clustering them with respect to health information behaviour to provide a conceptual framework as a basis for discussion. The results show three aspects of digital well-being that are influenced by health information behaviour practices and vice versa: (1) learning digital well-being, (2) quantifying digital well-being, and (3) gaining (digital) well-being by using technology. Digital well-being practices are influenced by health information practices and vice versa, as both practices involve stimulating individuals’ interactions towards health. Individuals' behaviours towards supporting or inducing digital well-being are health information behaviours. There is a need to further empirically investigate the reciprocal causation between digital well-being and health information behaviour through the lens of health information behaviour research.","PeriodicalId":47431,"journal":{"name":"Information Research-An International Electronic Journal","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82004478","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

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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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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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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

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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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Information behaviour videos on YouTube: an exploratory content analysis, case study of INFIDEOS, and call to action YouTube上的信息行为视频:探索性内容分析、INFIDEOS案例研究和行动呼吁

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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47989/irisic2226

Jenna Hartel

{"title":"Information behaviour videos on YouTube: an exploratory content analysis, case study of INFIDEOS, and call to action","authors":"Jenna Hartel","doi":"10.47989/irisic2226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47989/irisic2226","url":null,"abstract":"How do landmark concepts of information behaviour appear as videos on YouTube? What do these multimedia artefacts, altogether, suggest about the information behaviour specialty? What might ideal versions of such videos be like? To create an empirical starting point for answering these timely questions, an exploratory content analysis was performed on a sample of 20 educational videos found on YouTube, focusing upon three big ideas of information behaviour: the Information Search Process (Kuhlthau, 1991), Sense-Making (Dervin, 1983) and Berrypicking (Bates, 1989). A coding frame was created with 23 categories and associated subcategories. SurveyMonkey was used to capture, tabulate and present the data. Due to space limitations, not all categories are included in the findings, which are reported as themes with commentary. YouTube’s information behaviour offerings are: cluttered by look-alike videos; uneven in coverage; dominated by librarians and students; and short on scholarly authority. Though singular, featured concepts can be treated thoroughly, most videos have a narrow focus; no scholarly apparatus; and disregard information behaviour’s legacy and culture. Following the content analysis, the author’s YouTube channel of Information Science videos, INFIDEOS, is profiled with attention to its information behaviour resources. Throughout, general video-making strategies are provided.","PeriodicalId":47431,"journal":{"name":"Information Research-An International Electronic Journal","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82611210","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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