Accessing and Browsing Information and Communication - Hardcover

Rice, Ronald E.; McCreadie, Maureen; Chang, Shan-Ju L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262182149 ISBN 13: 9780262182140

Publisher: Mit Pr, 2001

Synopsis

An interdisciplinary study of the basic human activities of accessing and browsing.

This book contends that accessing and browsing information and communication are multidimensional and consequential aspects of the information user's entire experience and of general human behavior. Problems in information creation, processing, transmittal, and use often arise from an incomplete conceptualization of the "information seeking" process, where information seeking is viewed as the intentional finding of specific information. The process has traditionally been considered to begin with some kind of search query and end with some kind of obtained information. That, however, may be only the last, most easily observable—and perhaps not even primary—stage of a complex sequence of activities.

This book reviews related theory, research, practice, and implications from a wide range of disciplines. It also analyzes converging forms of information, including mass media, online information services, the Internet and World Wide Web, libraries, public spaces, advertisements, and organizational communication. Extensive case studies illustrate the theoretical material.

About this title

About the Author

Shan-Ju L. Chang is Associate Professor of Library and Information Science at National Taiwan University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262182149
• ISBN 13: 9780262182140
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 357