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Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs and Behavior
Donald O. Case,Lisa M. Given +1 more
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In this paper, the authors introduce concepts relevant to Information Behavior Models, Paradigms, and Theories in the study of Information Behavior Methods for Studying Information Behavior Research Results and Reflections.Abstract:
Abbreviated Contents Figures and Tables Preface Introduction and Examples Concepts Relevant to Information Behavior Models, Paradigms, and Theories in the Study of Information Behavior Methods for Studying Information Behavior Research Results and Reflections Appendix: Glossary Appendix: Questions for Discussion and Application References Indexread more
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Sentiment in Twitter events
TL;DR: A study of a month of English Twitter posts is reported, assessing whether popular events are typically associated with increases in sentiment strength, as seems intuitively likely and using the top 30 events as a measure of relative increase in (general) term usage.
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Health Information—Seeking Behavior
TL;DR: The authors critically examine the scientific literature from 1982 to 2006 on the concept of health information—seeking behavior (HISB) to determine its level of maturity and clarify the concept's essential characteristics.
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Methods for Evaluating Interactive Information Retrieval Systems with Users
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview and instruction regarding the evaluation of interactive information retrieval systems with users and present core instruments and data collection techniques and measures, as well as a discussion of outstanding challenges and future research directions.
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Avoiding versus seeking: the relationship of information seeking to avoidance, blunting, coping, dissonance, and related concepts.
TL;DR: The assumption that individuals actively seek information underlies much of psychological theory and communication practice, as well as most models of the information-seeking process, but much research has also noted that sometimes people avoid information.
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Toward a Theory of Motivated Information Management
Walid A. Afifi,Judith L. Weiner +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, motivated information management is proposed as a three-phase process of information management in interpersonal encounters, emphasizing the role of efficacy, and bringing attention to the interactive nature of information-management in this context.
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The Strength of Weak Ties
TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued that the degree of overlap of two individuals' friendship networks varies directly with the strength of their tie to one another, and the impact of this principle on diffusion of influence and information, mobility opportunity, and community organization is explored.
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Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
TL;DR: In this paper, the concept of social capital is introduced and illustrated, its forms are described, the social structural conditions under which it arises are examined, and it is used in an analys...
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The need for cognition.
TL;DR: In this paper, a scale to assess the need for cognition (i.e., the tendency for an individual to engage in and enjoy thinking) was developed and validated, and a factor analysis was performed on the selected items and yielded one major factor.
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Characteristics of Organizational Environments and Perceived Environmental Uncertainty.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the characteristics of the environment that contribute to decision unit members experiencing uncertainty in decision making and find that individuals in decision units with dynamic-complex environments experience the greatest amount of uncertainty.
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Network Analysis in the Social Sciences
TL;DR: The kinds of things that social scientists have tried to explain using social network analysis are reviewed and a nutshell description of the basic assumptions, goals, and explanatory mechanisms prevalent in the field is provided.