... like-minded people and blocking differing views. As fans themselves acknowledge this practice of forming and managing echo chambers, they ground their subjectivity in compartmentalization of fantasy and reality: defining fandom as playful, imaginary and existing only in their own minds, fans accept...

...Eystein Gullbekk; Katriina Byström Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse scholarly subjectivity in the context of citation practices in interdisciplinary PhD research. Design/methodology/approach The paper provides an analysis of longitudinal series of qualitative interviews with PhD...

...Fran Alexander Purpose – This paper aims to summarise research to determine if a framework for assessing the subjectivity and objectivity of information taxonomy work can usefully be applied in practice. Theories proposed by US philosopher Helen Longino formed the basis for the framework, which...

.... The theories of objectivity and subjectivity proposed by Helen Longino are considered, to determine their relevance to taxonomists and classification theorists. Design/methodology/approach The review assesses and synthesises relevant best practice and theoretical literature from information science...