... Ethics Information science Internet research ethics Crowd work is the paid performance of online tasks by distributed people with their collective intelligence and human computation capabilities (Malone et al., 2009 ; Quinn and Bederson, 2011 ; Kittur et al., 2013). Crowd work...

...Shifra Baruchson‐Arbib; Gila Prebor Purpose The current study aims to review the emerging trends as revealed in masters' theses and doctoral dissertations written over the past five years (2002‐2006) in information science departments worldwide, and to examine how social and ethical issues...

... needs of individual empowerment in the information society. Shifra Baruchson‐Arbib can be contacted at: baruchs1@mail.biu.ac.il © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Information science Empowerment School libraries Adolescents Social environment Israel In many societies...

...Shifra Baruchson‐Arbib; Jenny Bronstein Purpose The purpose of the study is to identify current trends in library and information science (LIS) education related to the user‐centred approach adopted by libraries and information professionals in response to the advent of the internet. Design...

... of patient‐doctor relationships are making way for empowered‐patient models in which the patient is an active partner (Feingold and Balicer, 2001). In some cases, the patient may even come to manage treatment himself (Skinner and Caradock, 2000 ; Tomes, 2007). Information science Empowerment Medical...

...Shifra Baruchson‐Arbib; Shifra Baruchson‐Arbib Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce readers to the social and ethnical dimensions of information science. Design/methodology/approach The paper provides a literature survey on the concept of information science and its history...