Information Sharing

Interactive acquisition and sharing: Understanding the dynamics of HIV/AIDS information networks

“…This gap in understanding is symptomatic of a general lack of research regarding the relational dynamics of information networks, despite information behavior researchers' long-standing interest in mapping social networks as channels for obtaining information (see, for example, Crane, 1972;Cronin, 1982;Haythornthwaite, 1996;Hersberger, 2003). Additionally, despite the growing research interest regarding collaborative information seeking and sharing within workplaces and academic settings (e.g., Hansen & Järvelin, 2005;Prekop, 2002;Reddy & Jansen, 2008;Sonnenwald & Pierce, 2000;Talja, 2002), little is known about the extent to which these behaviors may be undertaken in everyday life contexts (Talja & Hansen, 2006).…”

No such thing as society? On the individuality of information behavior

“…This is seen most clearly in the study of information behaviour through the concept of 'information practices', rooted in the social norms of a community of practitioners; see, for example, Talja and Hansen (2005), Sundin and Johannison (2005), and Savolainen (2008). As Savolainen (2008, p42) puts it, "most researchers agree that a significant characteristic of the concept of information practice is the central role of social and cultural factors qualifying information seeking, use and sharing".…”

Integrating the group within models of information processes

“…A holistic concept has yet to emerge. (Foster, 2006) "the study of the systems and practices that enable individuals to collaborate during the seeking, searching, and retrieval of information" Collaborative Information Behaviour (Talja & Hansen, 2006) "broadly defined as an activity where two or more actors communicate to identify information for accomplishing a task or solving a problem" Collaborative Information Behaviour (Hyldegard, 2006) "The physical activities and cognitive and emotional experiences of individuals acting as group members, engaged in a collaborative problem solving process involving information (seeking) behaviour" Collaborative information seeking (Hertzum, 2007) "information -seeking activities performed by actors to inform their collaborative work combined with the collaborative-grounding activities involved in making this information part of the actors' shared understanding of their work" Collaborative information seeking (Hansen & Jarvelin, 2005) "an active and explicit seeking and retrieval of information for solving a specific task Collaborative Information Retrieval (Poltrock et al, 2003, p. 239) "the activities that a group or team of people undertakes to identify and resolve a shared information need" Collaborative Information Retrieval (Fidel et al, 2004). …”

“…Information Sharing (Talja & Hansen, 2006) "incorporates both active and explicit and less goal oriented and implicit information exchanges" Collaborative Information Synthesis "a process used to answer a research question by integrating findings from multiple documents" ( Hinsz, Tindale & Vollrath, 1997) "At the group level information processing involves the degree to which information, ideas, or cognitive processes are shared, and are being shared among the group members and how this sharing of information affects both the individual and group level out-comes." Group Searching (Twidale, Nichols, & Paice, 1997) "Group searching takes place when two or more people share a common aim, and choose to coordinate their searching efforts.…”