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Exploring the social realities of online communities through the lens of a Human Information Behavior framework

Lin, Peyina and McDonald, David (2006) Exploring the social realities of online communities through the lens of a Human Information Behavior framework.

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Abstract

Sonnenwald’s evolving framework for human information behavior (1999) was systematically applied to a set of online community literature to examine whether the framework’s propositions are supported or not, so as to uncover open problems for socio-technical studies of online communities and human information behavior—what aspects that are relevant to understanding the reciprocal relationships between technologically-mediated systems, communities and information resources should social informatics be examining, but hasn’t? Findings are presented.

EPrint Type:Extended Abstract
Keywords:online communities, information behavior, information horizons, normative access
Subjects:Virtual Communities
Information Science
Community Informatics
Social Informatics
Information Seeking Behaviors
ID Code:1521
Deposited On:26 September 2006
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Preece, J. (2001). Sociability and usability in online communities: determining and measuring success [Electronic Version]. Behaviour & Information Technology, 20, 347-356. Retrieved March 2006 from http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/media/becnrmlyxq39dc2glftx/contributions/m/9/e/m/m9emftn4dgr0dapa.pdf.

Sonnenwald, D. H. (1999). Evolving perspectives of human information behaviour: Contexts, situations, social networks and information horizons. In T. D. Wilson & D. Allen (Eds.), Exploring the contexts of information behavior: Proceedings of the second international conference on research in information needs, seeking and use in different contexts, Sheffield. UK (pp. 176-190). London: Taylor Graham.

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