Imagining Winnipeg: The translocal meaning making of Filipino migrants to Canada
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DOI: 10.1002/asi.24038
Abstract: This study examines how, in the words of Appadurai, “locality emerges in a global world” (Appadurai, 1996, p.18). Specifically, it articulates the nature of information practices in the lives of 14 newcomers to Canada who… read more here.
Keywords: information; imagining winnipeg; information practices; meaning making ... See more keywords
“That looks like me or something i can do”: Affordances and constraints in the online identity work of US LGBTQ+ millennials
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DOI: 10.1002/asi.24217
Abstract: This article examines how search engines and social‐networking sites enable and constrain the identity‐related information practices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) millennials in the United States. I employ affordances as a process… read more here.
Keywords: looks like; information; information practices; lgbtq millennials ... See more keywords
JASIS&T special issue on information behavior and information practices theory
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DOI: 10.1002/asi.24622
Abstract: Information behavior, and more recently information practices, together are an important area of information science. Significant scholarly work occurs on these topics around the world, which is presented at the major scholarly conferences, including the… read more here.
Keywords: information; theory; information behavior; information practices ... See more keywords
Information practices of administrators for controlling information in an online community of new mothers in rural America
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DOI: 10.1002/asi.24704
Abstract: Rarely does any empirical investigation show how administrators routinely control information in online communities and alleviate misinformation, hate speech, and information overload supported by profit‐driven algorithms. Thematic analysis of in‐depth phone interviews with members and… read more here.
Keywords: information; information online; group; new mothers ... See more keywords
Meaning‐making during mental health struggles: Transitional information practices among individuals with obsessive‐compulsive disorder
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DOI: 10.1002/asi.25003
Abstract: When faced with significant life events, people often seek information support to help them regain a sense of meaning. Previous research has rarely explored the information practices of people with mental illnesses, particularly those with… read more here.
Keywords: information; compulsive disorder; transitional information; meaning making ... See more keywords
Factors Influencing Professional Associations' Member Engagement Online: An “Information Practices” Approach
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DOI: 10.1002/pra2.1030
Abstract: Member engagement can benefit professional associations, their members, and the profession. Rarely any studies adopt the “information practices” approach to identify the factors influencing professional associations' member engagement. The experiences, epiphanies, and the frequency of… read more here.
Keywords: professional associations; member engagement; factors influencing; member ... See more keywords
Search engines and the sex education information practices of LGBTQ+ youth
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DOI: 10.1002/pra2.364
Abstract: Online resources are vital to the health information practices of LGBTQ+ youth, especially when finding information related to sex education topics. As LGBTQ+ youth use the internet, particularly Google Search, to meet their sex and… read more here.
Keywords: sex education; information; lgbtq youth; information practices ... See more keywords
Academic Casualization, Precarity, and Information Practices: A Scoping Review
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DOI: 10.1002/pra2.742
Abstract: In the first phase of a larger research project exploring the information practices of contract academic staff, a review of the wider literature around academic casualization was conducted. This research begins to address the need… read more here.
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Transgender and nonbinary individuals and ICT-driven information practices in response to transexclusionary healthcare systems: a qualitative study.
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DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocab234
Abstract: OBJECTIVE This qualitative research examines how transgender and gender nonbinary (T/GNB) persons from South Carolina navigate informational barriers within healthcare systems. This navigation can be described through the lens of information practices, or how T/GNB… read more here.
Keywords: information; transgender; use; healthcare systems ... See more keywords
Seeing information: Visual methods as entry points to information practices
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DOI: 10.1177/0961000618769973
Abstract: Recognising the importance of exploring multimodal experiences of information, this paper provides a detailed examination of the scope of visual research methods within information practices research. More specifically, the paper will use the examples from… read more here.
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A Qualitative Study on the Life-World Experiences and Everyday Information Practices of Urban Youth
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DOI: 10.1515/libri-2024-0185
Abstract: Abstract In an information-intensive society, everyday information practices are central to the daily life of people. Everyday information practices (EIP) are set in culturally and socially established ways to identify, seek, use, and share information.… read more here.
Keywords: practices urban; information; urban youth; youth ... See more keywords