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Looking for Information

A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior

Donald O. Case (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
352 Seiten
2002
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-150381-9 (ISBN)
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A graduate textbook and handbook for scholars in information behavior research. It defines concepts relevant to information behavior, identifies models and theories used in information seeking studies, provides examples of methods for studying information seeking, reviews research findings of the p
Looking for Information presents examples of information seeking and reviews studies of the information-seeking behavior of both general and specific social and occupational groups: scientists, engineers, social scientists, humanists, policy experts, the aged, the poor, and the public in general. It also discusses general research on information seeking, including basic research on human communication behavior as found in the literature of psychology, anthropology, sociology, and other disciplines.

Donald O. Case holds a PhD in Communications Research from Stanford University. He has been a Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information Studies since 1994, and between 1983 and 1994 was a faculty member at the University of California, Los Angeles, teaching in the graduate Information Studies program and in the undergraduate Communication Studies program.Professor Case teaches courses in information seeking, research methodology and the social implications of information technologies. He conducts research on communication technologies and information-seeking. Case's articles have appeared in Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Library and Information Science Research, New Media and Society, Telecommunications Policy, The Information Society, and the Journal of Communication, among other publications.

Information Behavior: An Introduction Common Examples The Concept of Information Information Needs and Information Seeking Related Concepts Models of Information Behavior Perspectives, Paradigms, and Theories The Research Process Methods: Examples by Type Reviewing the Research: Its History, Size, and Topics Research by Occupation Research by Social Role and Demographic Group Reviewing, Critiquing, Concluding Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 17.5.2002
Reihe/Serie Library and Information Science Series
Zusatzinfo Illustrations
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 619 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
ISBN-10 0-12-150381-X / 012150381X
ISBN-13 978-0-12-150381-9 / 9780121503819
Zustand Neuware
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