Children’s Social Information Seeking is Sensitive to Referential Ambiguity

2020 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Hembacher ◽  
Benjamin deMayo ◽  
Michael C. Frank
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Referential Ambiguity

A Communication Multiplexity Approach to Social Capital: On- and Offline Communication and Self-Esteem

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 498-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Raymond Rui ◽  
Jessica M. Covert ◽  
Michael A. Stefanone ◽  
Tanuka Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model

This study explores the mechanisms by which online social information seeking (i.e., monitoring Facebook friends) relates to social capital. Based on the extant literature, we propose a theoretical framework that includes communication activities across different channels operationalized as offline participation, network structure on social network site operationalized as the number of actual online friends and network diversity, and self-esteem. Results from an online survey ( N = 223) found a moderated mediation model in which participation in offline social activities mediated the relationship between social information seeking and self-reported bonding social capital, and self-esteem moderated this mediation. In addition, participation in offline social activities provided an additional channel to accessing bridging social capital. These results provide a theoretical framework for and suggest an approach of communication multiplexity to future research.

scholarly journals Monitoring, Creeping, or Surveillance? A Synthesis of Online Social Information Seeking Concepts

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 1-42
Author(s):  
Jessica R. Frampton ◽  
Jesse Fox ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Asking Questions ◽  
Human Flesh ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviors

Affordances of Internet sites and Internet-based applications make personal information about romantic partners, friends, family members, and strangers easy to obtain. People use various techniques to find information about others, capitalizing on online affordances by using search engines to find relevant websites and databases; scouring the target’s social media or social networking site presence; accessing information about the target via their links or network association with others on social media; or asking questions or crowdsourcing information through online channels. Researchers have coined an assortment of terms to describe online social information seeking behaviors, such as interpersonal electronic surveillance, social surveillance, monitoring, patient-targeted Googling, cybervetting, websleuthing, human flesh search, lateral surveillance, Facebook surveillance, and Facebook stalking. Although considerable research has examined these behaviors, there has been little effort to clarify the concepts themselves. As a result, the literature is currently full of inconsistent and overlapping conceptualizations. To synthesize these concepts for future research, this review examines 73 online social information seeking concepts extracted from 186 articles. Specifically, the concepts are reviewed in light of their scope; the information seeker or target of information seeking (e.g., romantic partners, parents, children, employees, criminals); motives for information seeking (e.g., uncertainty, threat, curiosity); and the intensity of the behavior. Recommendations are provided for future research, such as employing clear conceptualizations and incorporating affordances. Finally, we offer a decision tree that researchers can use to help select appropriate terms to use in their work moving forward.

Social Information Seeking Scale

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artemio Ramirez ◽  
Erin M. Sumner ◽  
Jameson Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Social Information

Social Information Seeking in Digital Libraries

2011 ◽  
pp. 209-229
Author(s):  
George Buchanan ◽  
Annika Hinze
Keyword(s):  
Search Engine ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Classification Scheme ◽  
Retrieval System ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Complex Task

Information seeking is a complex task, and many models of the basic, individual seeking process have been proposed. Similarly, many tools now exist to support “sit-forward” information seeking by single users, where the solitary seeker interacts intensively with a search engine or classification scheme. However, in many situations, there is a clear interaction between social contexts beyond the immediate interaction between the user and the retrieval system.

Continuance intention to use Facebook: understanding the roles of attitude and habit

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-333
Author(s):  
Monica Law
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Continuance Intention ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Data Points

Purpose This study aims to propose a model for examining different effects of attitude, continued intention to use Facebook and habitual usage on social-information seeking and self-disclosure. Specifically, the proposed model aims to enhance continued intention to use and strengthen specific social networking behaviour. Design/methodology/approach This study involved a group of undergraduates, between 20 and 25 years. Most measurement items in this study came from relevant prior studies, and the questionnaire was prepared in English. On the basis of over 400 data points, all items were tested with structural equation modelling. Findings Two major findings emerged: attitude, continued intention to use and habitual usage affect self-disclosure; and habitual usage is the only factor that affects social-information seeking. Research limitations/implications The proposed model amplifies the significance of attitude, continued intention to use and habitual usage. The model also affords researchers an enhanced understanding of the Facebook usage of young adults. The key limitation of this study is that it only involves undergraduate students. Practical implications This study suggests that online marketers should prepare diverse kinds of strategies, particularly to understand different behaviours of their fan pages’ followers. Specific communication strategies should be used. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this study is the first to investigate the impacts of the three factors in one study. It enriches the extent to which prior studies identified and acknowledged the roles played by attitude, continued intention to use and habitual usage.

Task and Social Information Seeking: Whom Do We Prefer and Whom Do We Approach?

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunjie Xu ◽  
Hee-Woong Kim ◽  
Atreyi Kankanhalli
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Social Information

scholarly journals Foraging Bumblebees Selectively Attend to Other Types of Bees Based on Their Reward-Predictive Value

Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 800
Author(s):  
Jose E. Romero-González ◽  
Amanda L. Royka ◽  
HaDi MaBouDi ◽  
Cwyn Solvi ◽  
Janne-Tuomas Seppänen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Bombus Terrestris ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Visual Appearance ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Color Cues ◽  
Error Learning

Using social information can be an efficient strategy for learning in a new environment while reducing the risks associated with trial-and-error learning. Whereas social information from conspecifics has long been assumed to be preferentially attended by animals, heterospecifics can also provide relevant information. Because different species may vary in their informative value, using heterospecific social information indiscriminately can be ineffective and even detrimental. Here, we evaluated how selective use of social information might arise at a proximate level in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) as a result of experience with demonstrators differing in their visual appearance and in their informative value as reward predictors. Bumblebees were first trained to discriminate rewarding from unrewarding flowers based on which type of “heterospecific” (one of two differently painted model bees) was next to each flower. Subsequently, these bumblebees were exposed to a novel foraging context with two live painted bees. In this novel context, observer bumblebees showed significantly more social information-seeking behavior towards the type of bees that had predicted reward during training. Bumblebees were not attracted by paint-marked small wooden balls (moved via magnets) or paint-marked non-pollinating heterospecifics (woodlice; Porcellio laevis) in the novel context, indicating that bees did not simply respond to conditioned color cues nor to irrelevant social cues, but rather had a “search image” of what previously constituted a valuable, versus invaluable, information provider. The behavior of our bumblebees suggests that their use of social information is governed by learning, is selective, and extends beyond conspecifics.

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