... used a deductive approach to conceptualise the costs, benefits, and uncertainties of the information search process. Subsequently, we constructed an information search process model based on the costs and benefits using graphical reasoning, loss aversion theory, bounded rationality theory...

.... Findings The authors identify three transparency challenges from their practice: information asymmetry, uncertainty and resourcing. The authors also present seven proposals related to reduction of information asymmetries between organisations and non-commercial external actors, enhanced legal rights...

...Juliana Mestre Purpose This study demonstrates how individual paradigms implicate the questions asked, methods used and results drawn in association with a common object of study in human information behavior (HIB) research – the relationship between uncertainty and decision-making. Design...

...Reijo Savolainen Purpose This article aims to elaborate the context-sensitive nature of credibility assessment by examining how such judgments are made in online discussion in times of uncertainty caused by Finland's intent to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in spring 2022...

... the concept of a Designated Community (DC) as a foundational element in Trustworthy Digital Repository (TDR) certification and curators' uncertainty about how to interpret and apply this concept in practice. This research employs a qualitative research design involving in-depth semi-structured...

... and multidimensional), divergence leads to uncertainty and collaboration, but it also supports a critical stance on authorities’ information. In addition, participants’ perceptions of LK emphasize its human component. LK and EK are exchanged both explicitly and tacitly. Originality/value The paper presents...

... studies have addressed parents’ information practices, little research has been conducted expressly on the information behaviors of YPs (see, for exception, Greyson, 2017 ; Carson et al., 2016). Child feeding represents an area rife with ambiguity and uncertainty due to conflicting information...

...Sudatta Chowdhury; Forbes Gibb; Monica Landoni Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that uncertainty may be caused not only by a knowledge gap in the mind of a user with respect to a given subject or topic, but also by the various complexities associated with the information seeking...

.... Significant parallels can be found and ideas from the psychology of design offer explanations for a number of information seeking phenomena. Next, a design‐oriented representation of writing tasks as a means of providing an account of phenomena such as information seeking uncertainty and focus refinement...

... activities, including the relocation and review of previously read documents. At the end presents a model to summarise the findings. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Information retrieval Newspapers Employees Uncertainty Research in information science has seen the emergence of a trend, identified...