‘Fed with the Wrong Stuff’: Information overload (?) and the everyday use of the Internet in rural and urban China

2021 ◽  
pp. 174804852110290
Author(s):  
Pu Yan
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Information Overload ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Chinese Economy ◽  
Urban China ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Internet Users

The proliferation of information technologies has changed how Internet users around the world seek information. While information and communication technologies have transformed the structure of the Chinese economy, they have also brought challenges to the informational realms of everyday lives. However, there is a lack of empirical research exploring if users have encountered barriers in seeking online information for daily tasks. This mixed-methods study focuses on the disruptive influence of digital technologies on everyday information seeking practices, namely, the paradoxical co-existence of information overload and the lack of information sources. Results suggest that Chinese Internet users face a dilemma of receiving redundant online information and yet still experience a lack of high-quality information sources online. Findings from this research provide new perspectives of understanding the role of digital technologies in everyday life and also extend the dimensions of digital divides from internet access to disparities in information practices and experiences.

scholarly journals Understanding the Pathway of Cancer Information Seeking: Cancer Information Services as a Supplement to Information from Other Sources

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doreen Reifegerste ◽  
Magdalena Rosset ◽  
Fabian Czerwinski ◽  
Eva Baumann ◽  
Andrea Gaisser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Prior Information ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Cancer Information ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Information Level ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Cancer Information Seeking

AbstractCancer information services (CISs) can play an important role within the pathway of cancer information seeking, but so far, this role is not well understood. Callers (n = 6,255) who contacted the largest provider of cancer information in Germany participated in a survey in which they reported their information sources, information level, and needs leading to the call. Persons with prior information from a physician (n = 1,507) were compared to people with prior online information (n = 901) and people with prior information from both sources (n = 2,776). Nearly all callers (96.7%) stated prior sources, while physicians and the Internet were the most frequently reported sources. People, who only talked to a doctor before, are more likely to be a patient and in the disease stages during/after the first treatment or with recurrence than prior Internet users. The two groups do not differ in their prior information level but did differ in their information needs. CISs are an important supplement to other sources, while the information repertoire depends on patients’ stages during the cancer journey. Specific characteristics and needs of callers with different prior information sources help to individualize the service of CISs and similar providers.

E- Resources Searching Behaviour of Research Scholars of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi: A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
Vijay Kumar Bharati
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Searching Behaviour ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Use Of Internet ◽  
Widespread Dissemination

E-resources are revolutioning academic libraries. E-resources available via the Internet are increasing exponentially, leading to steady increase in the use of Internet for education and research. Since past few years, free online information sources like e-journals, e-books, e-databases have increased considerably. Earlier information and knowledge were passed by word of mouth or through manuscripts and communication was a slow process. Today it is passed from one individual to an infinite number of other users through a number of media and formats which makes rapid and widespread dissemination of information possible. The information seeking behaviour of the users are also changing due to availability of e-contents. This paper discusses searching behaviour of E-resources by research scholars of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi.

Theoretical and Applied Issues on the Impact of Information on Musical Creativity

2018 ◽  
pp. 590-604
Author(s):  
Charilaos Lavranos ◽  
Petros Kostagiolas ◽  
Konstantina Martzoukou
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Musical Creativity ◽  
Music Information ◽  
The Impact

This century is an era of information and knowledge intensification. Novel information systems and services are developing through modern online information technologies. The rapid changes in the online information environment have greatly affected the way in which individuals search for music information and engage with musical creativity, within different music domains and for different purposes which involve composition, performance and improvisation, analysis and listening. The aim of this book chapter is to investigate the theoretical and practical issues relating to the impact of music information on musical creativity from an information seeking behavior perspective. Musical creativity is perceived as an intentional process which acts as a motivator for information seeking, leading to the utilization of different information resources and to the development of specific information seeking preferences. The chapter highlights the implications for research in this area and presents a research agenda for the interrelation between music information seeking and musical creativity.

Cybervetting

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda L. Berkelaar ◽  
Millie A. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Impression Management ◽  
Personnel Selection ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Past Behavior ◽  
Or Organization ◽  
Social Media Communication ◽  
New Hires

Broadly speaking, cybervetting can be described as the acquisition and use of online information to evaluate the suitability of an individual or organization for a particular role. When cybervetting, an information seeker gathers information about an information target from online sources in order to evaluate past behavior, to predict future behavior, or to address some combination thereof. Information targets may be individuals, groups, or organizations. Although often considered in terms of new hires or personnel selection, cybervetting may also include acquiring and using online information in order to evaluate a prospective or current client, employee, employer, romantic partner, roommate, tenant, client, or other relational partner, as well as criminal, civil, or intelligence suspects. Cybervetting takes advantage of information made increasingly available and easily accessible by regular and popular uses and affordances of Internet technologies, in particular social media. Communication scholars have long been interested in the information seeking, impression management, surveillance, and other processes implicated in cybervetting; however, the uses and affordances of new online information technologies offer new dimensions for theory and research as well as ethical and practical concerns for individuals, groups, organizations, and society.

Undergraduate information behaviors in thesis writing: A study using the Information Search Process model

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Wu ◽  
Wanyu Dang ◽  
Daqing He ◽  
Renmin Bi
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Writing Process ◽  
Search Process ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Thesis Writing

The study investigates whether information-seeking behavior models and theories obtained in previous research are applicable to more complex tasks. It also aims to gather students’ opinions on the importance and helpfulness of various traditional and online information sources in their thesis-writing process. This study would help to develop a better understanding of the roles and impacts of these information sources in the current networked academic infrastructure. Inspired by the Information Search Process model, we divided the process into six stages and conducted three separate surveys that covered students’ feelings, thoughts and actions, as well as other important factors that might affect their behaviors in each of the stages. Our study shows that both the feelings and thoughts of students changed during the different stages of the process, and that they were generally consistent with the descriptions in the Information Search Process model. The study indicates that it is beneficial to use the Information Search Process model as the starting point for studying the student thesis-writing processes. As the outcome of the study, we ultimately proposed a multi-stage model for Chinese undergraduate students’ thesis-writing process.

scholarly journals Religious Online Information Behaviour Among the Malays in the Digital Era

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 638-644
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Technical Aspect ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Information Behaviour ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Internet Medium

Seeking knowledge is among the most important virtuein Islam. The Internet era offers more sources and new ways in gaining and producing information including religious information. However, the perception that the religious information behaviour among the Malays is not yet being studied empirically. A framework has been developed based on theories, previous related studies and interviews with Internet users. Three main aspects of behaviour being studied: usage, information seeking and verification. Data is collected using printed and electronic questionnaires. There are 616 usable data successfully gathered and analyzed through SPSS. Related to usage, the result shows that the Malays have adapted well with the Internet medium for searching the religious information. The results also show that there are changes on the technical aspect of information acquisition and delivery via the new media. However from the procedural aspect, the information behaviour among Malays are still traditional in nature based on their seeking information methods. The results suggest that the religious offline behaviour continues online, demonstrating their conservative nature. Analyzing the beahviour against the users’ background suggests that there is a statically relationship between them. A high percentage of users claimed that the verify online religious information, even though they differ on this in practice. This paper ends with recommendations to improve the information behaviour among the masses

scholarly journals Sources of COVID-19 Information Seeking and their Associations with Self-Perceived Mental Health among Canadians

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanli Li
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Lower Odds ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Behavioural Factors

Using two datasets from the Canadian Perspectives Survey Series (CPSS), this study provides a longitudinal analysis of information sources Canadians consulted regarding COVID-19, and their associations with poor self-perceived mental health (SPMH) during March and July 2020. Nearly 20% of Canadians reported poor SPMH. The logistic regression results revealed that at Time 2 (July 2020), after controlling for demographic, socio-economic, and psycho-behavioural factors, using social media was significantly associated with higher odds of poor SPMH than using six other information sources including news outlets, federal health agencies, provincial health agencies, provincial daily announcements, places of employment, and other sources (for example, schools, colleges, universities). Checking the accuracy of online information more frequently was also associated with lower odds of poor SPMH.

scholarly journals Development and Use of Information and Digital Technologies at Ukrainian Enterprises

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 01010
Author(s):  
Marta Shkvaryliuk ◽  
Liliana Horal ◽  
Inesa Khvostina ◽  
Alla Maksymova ◽  
Vira Shyiko
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Trade ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

The paper considers the problems consider the problems of enterprises digitalization. Based on the research of the scientific literature, it is established that enterprises in the modern world need the active introduction of information and digital technologies to ensure the competitiveness of production and active development in the future. The analysis and assessment of the use and development of communication and information technologies by domestic enterprises is carried out. According to its results, it is established that the main areas of information and communication technologies implementation in domestic enterprises are cloud computing services, sources of "big data" for the analysis of "big data", 3D printing, external links to the Internet, own websites and electronic trade via the Internet, etc. It is determined that due to the rather intensive growth of the number of enterprises in the information and communication industry, the use of their developments in production is rather insignificant. Only 5% of enterprises during the study period used all the above information technologies in their activities. Based on the analysis, the problem areas of the process of implementation and development of communication and information technologies at domestic enterprises are identified and recommendations for improving the efficiency of information and communication technologies are provided. The MatLab Statistic Toolbox built into MatLab is used to determine the trends of the impact of digital innovations and the number of information and communication enterprises on GDP.

scholarly journals Information Technologies: Leading Innovative Factor for the Development of Independent Tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Anna Polukhina ◽  
Anna Tarasova ◽  
Avdykerim Arnaberdiyev
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Search Engines ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Independent Travel ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
One Year

<p>Independent travel has blossomed and become an important movement in modern tourism. However, past research has never explored the use and impact information and communication technologies have on independent tourists.</p><p>The purpose of the research is to analyze the results of two surveys held in the Russian Federation that show the way different travel search engines, booking systems change the concept of modern tourism. This study illustrates that independent vacation planning is booming today’s travel market, which is becoming more personalized, digitalized and independent from giant tour operators.  The article discusses how internet users’ requests in the search engines have changed within only one year and how these changes influenced people choice of accommodation and destination.</p>

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