Information and poverty: information-seeking channels used by African American low-income households

Spink, Amanda; Cole, Charles

doi:10.1016/s0740-8188(00)00067-0

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“…Few studies have explored the information-seeking behavior of people outside scholarly and professional realms (Rieh, 2004). Research on the information-seeking behavior of low-income people (Chatman, 1991;Spink & Cole, 2001) and research in the vein of Dervin's sensemaking approach (Dervin, 1992) have done much to expand the contexts in which studies are undertaken. Other promising arenas for expansion include studies of the role of community information systems in helping individuals and building communities (Pettigrew, Durrance, & Unruh, 2002) and the role of the Internet in everyday life information seeking (Rieh).…”

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The role of information in a community of hobbyist collectors

Lee

Trace

2009

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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This article marries the study of serious leisure pursuits with library and information science's (LIS) interest in people's everyday use, need, seeking, and sharing of information. Using a qualitative approach, the role of information as a phenomenon was examined in relation to the leisure activity of hobbyist collecting. In the process, a model and a typology for these collectors were developed. We find that the information needs and information seeking of hobbyist collectors is best represented as an interrelationship between information and object needs, information sources, and interactions between collectors and their publics. Our model of the role of information in a particular domain of hobbyist collecting moves away from the idea of one individual seeking information from formal systems and shifts towards a model that takes seriously the social milieu of a community. This collecting community represents a layer of a social system with complex interactions and specialized information needs that vary across collector types. Only the serious collectors habitually engage in information seeking and, occasionally, in information dissemination, in the traditional sense, yet information flows through the community and serves as a critical resource for sustaining individual and communal collecting activities.

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The role of information in a community of hobbyist collectors

Lee

Trace

2009

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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“…Consequently, work roles of scientists, engineers, scholars, and health professionals have provided the most common structure for investigating information seeking behavior (Case, 2002). Only a few studies have explored the information seeking behavior of ordinary people such as low-income African Americans (Bishop, Tidline, Shoemaker, & Salela, 1999;Spink & Cole, 2001a) and impoverished people (Chatman, 1991). The increase in information available on the Web has affected information seeking behavior, demonstrating that Web resources have become integral to people's lives and work (Hsieh-Yee, 2001).…”

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On the Web at home: Information seeking and Web searching in the home environment

Rieh

2004

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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As more people gain at-home access to the Internet, information seeking on the Web has become embedded in everyday life. The objective of this study was to characterize the home as an information use environment and to identify a range of information seeking and Websearch behaviors at home. Twelve Northern California residents were recruited, and the data were collected through semi-structured at-home interviews based on a self-reported Search Activities Diary that subjects kept over a 3-5 day period. The data were analyzed on four levels: home environment, information seeking goals, information retrieval interaction, and search query. Findings indicated that the home, indeed, provided a distinct information use environment beyond physical setting alone in which the subjects used the Web for diverse purposes and interests. Based on the findings, the relationships among home environment, Web context, and interaction situation were identified with respect to user goals and information-seeking behaviors.

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“…34 Family members also have been shown to be more trustworthy sources of information among AAs 35 and may be preferred over other members of their social circle. 35,36 In addition, the social support provided through an individual's family member (eg, spouse) increases the likelihood that a man will "act" on the health information that they receive. 35 Therefore, involving both female and younger male family members in PrCA education efforts could be advantageous to ensure that AA men acquire timely and trusted PrCA information and use this information to engage in informed decision-making with their health care provider.…”

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Commentary: Building an Evidence Base for Promoting Informed Prostate Cancer Screening Decisions: An Overview of a Cancer Prevention and Control Program

2017

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African American (AA) men have significantly higher mortality rates from prostate cancer (PrCA) than other racial groups. Therefore, there is a critical need to identify strategies for promoting informed PrCA screening decisions among this population. This article details the community-driven, social and behavioral research being implemented by a Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program (CPCP) to support the development of person-to-person and technological interventions to improve the dissemination of PrCA information to AA men and their families. This article concludes with four recommendations to advance future research and practice related to the use of interventions for promoting informed PrCA decision-making among AAs. These recommendations include: 1) informing men about controversial screening recommendations; 2) including families in educational interventions about PrCA; 3) using technology as a modality for disseminating PrCA information when appropriate; and 4) aiming to create interventions that can be translated into community and clinical settings. Ethn Dis. 2017; 27(1):55-62; doi:10.18865/ed.27.1.55.

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Information and poverty: information-seeking channels used by African American low-income households

Cited by 104 publications

References 21 publications

The role of information in a community of hobbyist collectors

The role of information in a community of hobbyist collectors

On the Web at home: Information seeking and Web searching in the home environment

Commentary: Building an Evidence Base for Promoting Informed Prostate Cancer Screening Decisions: An Overview of a Cancer Prevention and Control Program

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