Theories of Information BehaviorKaren E. Fisher, Sanda Erdelez, Lynne McKechnie Information Today, Inc., 2005 - 431 sidor This unique book presents authoritative overviews of more than 70 conceptual frameworks for understanding how people seek, manage, share, and use information in different contexts. A practical and readable reference to both well-established and newly proposed theories of information behavior, the book includes contributions from 85 scholars from 10 countries. Each theory description covers origins, propositions, methodological implications, usage, links to related conceptual frameworks, and listings of authoritative primary and secondary references. The introductory chapters explain key concepts, theorymethod connections, and the process of theory development. |
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What Methodology Does | 25 |
Evolution in Information | 31 |
Affective Load | 39 |
Archival Intelligence | 49 |
Berrypicking | 58 |
Chatmans Information Poverty | 75 |
Cognitive Work Analysis | 88 |
Communities of Practice | 104 |
Integrative Framework | 215 |
Kuhlthaus Information | 230 |
Network Gatekeeping | 247 |
Optimal Foraging | 259 |
Perspectives on the Tasks | 275 |
Principle of Least Effort | 289 |
Reader Response Theory | 303 |
SmallWorld Network Exploration | 318 |
Diffusion Theory | 118 |
Ecological Theory of Human | 128 |
Everyday Life Information Seeking | 143 |
General Model of the Information | 158 |
Information Activities in Work Tasks | 174 |
Information Horizons | 191 |
Information Intents | 198 |
Nan Lins Theory of Social Capital | 323 |
The SocioCognitive Theory | 339 |
Taylors Information | 354 |
Value Sensitive Design | 368 |
Willingness to Return | 382 |
Work Task InformationSeeking | 392 |
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