...Steven Buchanan Purpose This article explores the theoretical, methodological and practical contributions health information behaviour ( HIB ) research can make to health communication ( HC ). Design/methodology/approach Process of critical reflection. Author reflection on the contribution...

...Ne Cai; Dawei Wu; Kang Wang; Honglin Jiang Purpose This study examines the self-disclosure of HIV-positive serostatus among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), framing self-disclosure as an information-behaviour transition. It clarifies why self-disclosure is undertaken, when it is triggered...

... ; Mason and Robinson, 2011). Indeed, libraries, both as physical and social spaces, can serve as sources of inspiration, fostering deeper engagement with artistic creation (Patelos, 2013). There has also been an extensive research tradition addressing the information behaviour of visual artists from...

... Information literacy Cognition Information behaviour Bilingual Eye tracking Information discernment Monolingual The ever-increasing degree of information has created an environment for misinformation to filter through social platforms (Ma et al., 2018) travelling more widely and quickly...

...Indira Kasapović Purpose This paper explores whether there are differences in the information behaviour of high school students when choosing a higher education institution (HEI) based on the educational attainment of their parents. We focus on the social factors of information behaviour...

... on the information behaviours of autistic adults. Sensemaking Social support Information needs Information behaviour Qualitative Autism Autistic Online groups Information journeys Online support Suzanne J. Duffin can be contacted at: s.duffin@sheffield.ac.uk 20 01 2025 29 05 2025...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Serendipity Information behaviour Human–computer interaction Consumer behaviour E-commerce Information science For e-commerce practitioners, creating enjoyable customer experiences is a top priority (Bleier et al., 2019...

... The small convenience sample of educated urban participants limits generalizability but provides indicative findings for future investigations into information behaviour during prolonged international conflicts. Practical implications The study highlights the importance of media literacy in managing...

... spirituality and religion in information research. The reviewed literature is first organised into spirituality-related and religion-related articles and thereafter analysed in Internet studies, information behaviour studies and galleries, libraries, archives and museums-related research groups. Findings...

... conceptual models. It shows the range of applicability of this model, and models drawn from it, and makes recommendations for further development. Comments on, and critiques, of the ISCM have been given by a number of authors. In Case and Given’s (2016) survey of information behaviour research...

... was made to identify alternative formulations of either curiosity or information-seeking (e.g., information behaviour, or information need), simply because my interest was in the association in the literature of these two terms. Table 1 Information science journals Journal title...

... 03 2023 20 05 2023 28 05 2023 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Depictions of library use Library use in video games Fictional library use Content analysis of video games Information behaviour Depictions...

... they needed. This paper investigates the information behaviour of creative DJs, a group previously not considered from the perspective of information studies. The practice of DJing is a musically creative process, where a performance can draw on a vast range of music to create a unique listening...

.... This study provides an intuitive contextual approach for undertaking information research in under-explored domains such as contemplation and spirituality. Spirituality Information science Information research Information behaviour Personal needs Contemplation At 18 years old, I found...

... of the motivations underlying misinformation is original as is the application of Schutz's typification of motivations to the different stages in the creation, dissemination and use of misinformation. Misinformation Information behaviour Motivation For decades researchers have been exploring how we...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Information behaviour Information poverty Self-identity Health communication Health education Young mothers This study explores the information behaviours of young first-time mothers (aged ≤ 25 years) from UK areas of multiple...

...' migration experiences in relation to the research questions (Leedy and Ormrod, 2015). Extensive research has been carried out on the broad spectrum of migrants' information behaviour, but rare are the studies that comprehensively examine the personal information management of migrants...

... in information science. In this paper, we argue that to understand fully human information behaviour, we need to recognise the more-than-human claim that humans and animals inhabit the same spaces with overlapping agencies and experiences (Hamilton and Taylor, 2017). This paper attempts to present...

... nature of infotainment, the study contributes to information behaviour research by refining the picture of the relationships between information and entertainment. Nevertheless, researchers have identified positive effects brought by the use of infotainment programmes. In the domain of political...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Information behaviour Information poverty Muslim women Women's studies There are limited previous studies providing insight into women's use of social media within Arab nations, and few focused solely on women. To date, no studies have been...