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IT professionals’ information behaviour on Twitter [PDF]

open access: yesLibrary and Information Science Research E-Journal, 2015
Background\ud \ud Twitter is widely used as a communication medium, and an electronic word-of-mouth. A literature search found no previous empirical study of microblogging platforms as “places”, and how they are used for professional communication and ...
Talip, Bazilah A.
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Information behaviour of university students [PDF]

open access: yesQualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, 2009
This work presents the preliminary results of an information behaviour study of students in two Spanish universities. A qualitative methodology was adopted and the results analysed following the grounded theory.
González-Teruel, Aurora   +2 more
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Scientists and information: II. Personal factors in information behaviour

open access: yesJournal of Documentation, 1991
The Kirton Adaption‐Innovation Inventory and the Learning Styles Questionnaire were used as part of a wider investigation, reported in an earlier paper, to explore the influence of personality, discipline and organisational structure on the information ...
Palmer, J. M. P.
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Information behaviour research for what? The role of information behaviour research in addressing societal challenges [Elektronisk resurs]

open access: yes, 2022
The panel initiates a discussion on the role of information behaviour research in addressing major challenges facing our society. These include climate change, political extremism, and health threats – in many of which information plays a crucial role ...
Hirvonen, Noora,   +5 more
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Situational Information Behaviour

open access: yesThe International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2020
This paper discusses how the knowledge gained from information studies creates the possibility of dealing with the challenges of refugee integration. We demonstrate that a situation-focused approach creates a systemic understanding of information needs ...
Olubukola Oduntan, Ian Ruthven
doaj   +2 more sources

Social Media Use and its Implications on Cyberethical Behaviour in Nigeria: Perspectives of Generation Z Girls [PDF]

open access: yesCyberspace Studies, 2023
This study examined how young Nigerian internet users view social media use and cyberethics. This study included all secondary school-aged female Nigerians from the six geopolitical zones.
Aderinola Dunmade, Adeyinka Tella
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A Study of Students’ Preferences in The Information Resources of The Digital Learning Environment

open access: yesJournal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2021
The digital learning environment comprises various resources - didactically transformed and untransformed information, and mediated communication. Students’ information behaviour combines both actions characteristic of the traditional educational process
Tatiana Noskova   +2 more
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Issue Fatigue Over the Course of the Covid-19 Pandemic

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Health Communication (EJHC), 2023
During times of uncertainty, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, people tend to cope through active information seeking. However, information overexposure can also lead to issue fatigue, a state in which recipients are increasingly annoyed and may actively ...
Annemarie Wiedicke   +2 more
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Revisiting metagames and metagaming: theoretical and methodological considerations

open access: yesInformatio, 2023
In the context of information behaviour, metagames and metagaming have been used to refer to information work related second-order activities that go beyond the expected ‘game’ of informational undertakings.
Isto Huvila
doaj   +1 more source

Geographies of information behaviour: a conceptual exploration [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Documentation, 2021
PurposeThis article examines the relation between place, space and information behaviour.Design/methodology/approachConcepts of place and space are explored through a comparison of three leisure pursuits: running, urban exploration and genealogy, based on the authors' research and the published literature.FindingsA socially constructed meaning of place
Andrew Cox 0001, Crystal Fulton
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