Information discernment and online reading behaviour: an experiment

Dr Matthew Pointon, senior lecturer within the Department of Computer Information Sciences at Northumbria University. Matthew has worked as a consultant liaising within instructional designers developing materials, implementing new pedagogies with a focus on information standards and accessibility conforming to equality and inclusion polices. As lead academic, Matthew worked with the University Enterprise team designing HCI/UX laboratory which supports enterprise and consultancy between the University and regional industries. He continues to engage with industry and has new collaborative research opportunities within the IS, HCI and IR fields.

Dr Geoff Walton, senior lecturer in the iSchool at Manchester Metropolitan University. He recently completed three funded projects, two for the CILIP Information Literacy Group funded projects and ERDF funded project to create an e-learning portal for Jeff Gosling Hand-Controls, the leading UK manufacture of adaptive engineering for cars. His main research interests are information literacy, information behaviour, technology enhanced learning, data literacy and public libraries.

Dr Martin Turner: Reader in Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Martin's work centres on the psychophysiology of stress, emotion management using cognitive-behavioural approaches (rational emotive behaviour therapy; REBT), and the transference of research to practice through consultancy. Martin has received national and international awards for his research, winning the 2013 BPS Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology (DSEP) PhD Award, and more recently the 2018 Albert Ellis Award for Research. He is Chair of the BPS West Midlands Branch, and leads the Research Working Groups initiative as part of the BPS DSEP committee.

Michael Lackenby (BSc (Hons), MSc), analyst at Aberdeen University, working in the Grampian Data Safe Haven. For the past 16 years, Michael has worked in various technical roles within the private sector. He has recently completed a Master of Science in Information Science and Data Analytics. His main research activities were conducted during his time at university, but he is also separately trained in medical research practice and ethics. The team would like to thank the CILIP Information Literacy Group (ILG) for kindly supporting this project with a Research Bursary.

Dr Jamie Barker, senior lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Loughborough University and has an international research profile in applied (sport and performance) psychology based around: intervention effectiveness (including applied research methods), group dynamics, and resilience. As a consultant, Jamie has experience working in business and professional sport; he has consulted with Sony Europe, Sony Mobile, Impact International, the Football Association, the England and Wales Cricket Board, Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, and GB Rowing. Jamie was the sport psychologist to the GB Cerebral Palsy Football team at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.

Andrew Wilkinson (BSc, PGDip, MSc), a PhD student at Loughborough University, researching challenge and threat states in elite performance settings. Andrew holds a Master of Science degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology and has worked on multiple research projects concerning the topics of resilience, challenge and threat, Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) and information literacy. His main interests and expertise include the investigation of psychophysiological responses to stress, and the implications for performance and well-being.