Emotions as motivators for information seeking: A conceptual analysis

Savolainen, Reijo

doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2013.10.004

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“…Moreover, the study tested affective factors such as personal emotional control. The findings add insights to research on the affective dimensions of information behavior (Nahl & Bilal, ; Savolainen, ). By testing various interaction effects (RQ3), this research also provides a more nuanced understanding of the salient factors and relationships affecting SMIS.…”

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confidence: 52%

“…Integrative models such as Nahl's Social‐Biological Information Technology Model () can guide future research toward conceptualizing affective factors as being prevalent in all stages of information seeking, perception, and use. Concerted research efforts—such as concept explication, framework development (e.g., Savolainen, ), and variables operationalization (e.g., Nahl, )—on the affective dimension will not only broaden the field of information behavior, it will also deepen our understanding of SMIS.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Social media and problematic everyday life information‐seeking outcomes: Differences across use frequency, gender, and problem‐solving styles

Sin

2015

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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Social media offers both opportunities and challenges in everyday life information seeking (ELIS). Despite their popularity, it is unclear whether the use of social media for ELIS heightens problematic outcomes, such as encountering too much information and finding irrelevant, conflicting, outdated, and noncredible information. In light of this gap, this study tested (a) whether the level of problematic informational outcomes varies with the use of social networking sites, microblogs, and social question and answer sites; (b) whether the problem level varies by gender and problem-solving styles; and (c) whether the aforementioned factors have significant interaction effects. An online questionnaire was used to survey 791 U.S. undergraduates. Irrelevant information was the top issue. Gender difference was statistically significant for conflicting information, which was more problematic for women. The multiway analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated notable problemsolving style differences, especially on the Personal Control subscale. This highlights the importance of affective factors. It is noteworthy that although social media use has no significant main effect, there were significant interaction effects between microblog use and the Approach-Avoidance and Problem Solving Confidence subscales. The impact of microblog use on ELIS outcomes therefore warrants further investigation. Five propositions are posited for further testing.

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confidence: 52%

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confidence: 99%

Social media and problematic everyday life information‐seeking outcomes: Differences across use frequency, gender, and problem‐solving styles

Sin

2015

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“…This suggests that feelings of dread and optimism may both motivate a need for information. While the former is in line with the Risk Information Seeking and Processing model (Griffin et al, 1999), the role of positive feelings in information need and information seeking has been given little attention (Savolainen, 2014…”

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confidence: 99%

Risk and benefit perceptions of human enhancement technologies: The effects of Facebook comments on the acceptance of nanodesigned food

Kuttschreuter

Hilverda

2019

Human Behav and Emerg Tech

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The introduction of a new technology, such as a human enhancement technology, may induce apprehension and concern among the general public. Social media enable individuals to find information and share their insights and concerns regarding new technologies. This results in an abundance of viewpoints that guides the individual's acceptance and decision‐making. A relevant question for this special issue is to what extent attitudes toward human enhancement technologies are influenced by online cues that signal the views of other people without obvious relevant expertise, such as online comments (social proof). An online experiment focusing on the enhancement of human health and the functioning of the human body through the application of nanotechnology in food was conducted. The study investigated to what extent social proof impacted views on the application of nanotechnology in food. The valence of comments on a fake Facebook image with four comments was manipulated (positive, negative, mixed). A representative sample of Dutch Internet users (n = 289) completed the study. Perceptions, feelings, behavior, and information need were measured. Results showed that comment valence had a significant effect on risk perception, benefit perception and attitude: the more positive the comments read by the participants, the lower risk perception, the higher benefit perception and the more positive the attitude toward nanodesigned food. Significant interaction effects of initial feelings of dread and comment valence were further found for risk perception and willingness to buy. In contrast, there were no significant interactions of initial feelings of optimism and comment valence. Implications for risk communication regarding human enhancement technologies are discussed.

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“…The relationships between information seeking and other variables, such as gender, [36][37][38] positions and the information needs, 39-41 discipline and education level, 42-45 prior knowledge, 46 personality traits, 47,48 information literacy, 42,49 and some sort of characteristics such as anxiety, 50,51 and uncertainty 52,53 have been measured by some scholars. The relationships between information seeking and other variables, such as gender, [36][37][38] positions and the information needs, 39-41 discipline and education level, 42-45 prior knowledge, 46 personality traits, 47,48 information literacy, 42,49 and some sort of characteristics such as anxiety, 50,51 and uncertainty 52,53 have been measured by some scholars.…”

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“…Information seeking and its dimensions have been analyzed and measured in different disciplines and contexts. The relationships between information seeking and other variables, such as gender, [36][37][38] positions and the information needs, [39][40][41] discipline and education level, [42][43][44][45] prior knowledge, 46 personality traits, 47,48 information literacy, 42,49 and some sort of characteristics such as anxiety, 50,51 and uncertainty 52,53 have been measured by some scholars.…”

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confidence: 99%

Fog learning for cultivating critical thinking in information seeking process

Haghparast

Abdullah

Nasaruddin

2018

Concurrency and Computation

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Fog computing has been emerged as a promising paradigm with the different applications from industry to academic area. In this paper, we proposed a new concept, namely fog learning with the aim of addressing the critical thinking as a demanding issue in academic area. Due to the distributed architecture of our fog learning model, it can be used anywhere, anytime, and with the minimum latency in comparison with the existing mobile and cloud learning models to foster the critical thinking. To test the effectiveness of the proposed method, we applied the Software Usability Measurement Inventory (SUMI) as well as the acceptance test. We firstly showed that more than 74% of participants suffered from lack of critical thinking. Moreover, the participants indicated that they use several critical thinking skills during information seeking process, which shows there are relationships between critical thinking skills and the information seeking processes.According to the relationships between critical thinking skills and the information seeking processes, we designed a prototype for cultivating of critical thinking on the basis of fog learning. The results of the prototype evaluation emphasized on its positive role to foster critical thinking. KEYWORDScritical thinking skills, fog computing, fog learning, information seeking process, postgraduate students, prototype INTRODUCTIONCritical thinking (CT) is a significant skill in the information society to recognize false, incomplete, old, or new information. One of the main goals of higher education in the information age is to make students active in the learning process. 1 Facione 2 stated that teaching students to think critically is not only important to the society in general but is also vital to the students' learning process. Most instructors claim that it is essential for students to develop CT skills when they start their academic learning because these skills help students to have purposeful and self-regulatory reasoning.CT also helps students to evaluate the opinion of others, make decisions, and arrive at a reasonable conclusion when encountering complicated problems. 3Recently, the Internet has been known as a popular information source to meet different information needs, especially during learning process of students. Due to the variety of information resources, it is an essential task for students to know how to find, analyze, and evaluate the information.The students can find proper information while they attempt to pass the information seeking processes by leveraging the CT. 4 In spite of the importance of CT in higher education and industry, feedback from the industry still indicates the lack of CT skills among new graduate students. 5,6 Therefore, the first problem of this study is lack of CT among postgraduate students who graduate from universities in a variety of degrees and disciplines. As a result, finding a solution to cultivate CT is highly required.On the other hand, well-educated persons with CT skills are able to recognize relevant information...

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Emotions as motivators for information seeking: A conceptual analysis

Cited by 105 publications

References 22 publications

Social media and problematic everyday life information‐seeking outcomes: Differences across use frequency, gender, and problem‐solving styles

Social media and problematic everyday life information‐seeking outcomes: Differences across use frequency, gender, and problem‐solving styles

Risk and benefit perceptions of human enhancement technologies: The effects of Facebook comments on the acceptance of nanodesigned food

Fog learning for cultivating critical thinking in information seeking process

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