2010
DOI: 10.1108/00220411011023634
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The connection between purposive information seeking and information encountering

Abstract: Purpose-This paper aims to explore health and lifestyle information seeking behaviour by examining the connection between purposive information seeking and information encountering. Design/methodology/approach-Data on purposive seeking and information encountering, gathered from postal surveys in 2002 and 2007, were compared. Random samples of 1,000 Icelanders, aged 18 to 80 were used. The response rate was 51 per cent in 2002 and 47 per cent in 2007. Based on the purposive seeking in 22 sources, k-means clust… Show more

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“…Qualitative methodology using retrospective recall of information needs and behaviour by study participants is subject to unintentional omissions and errors. It would be beneficial to further study questions that rare disease patients ask in online communities as these questions represent information needs in real life (Oh, 2015).…”
Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Qualitative methodology using retrospective recall of information needs and behaviour by study participants is subject to unintentional omissions and errors. It would be beneficial to further study questions that rare disease patients ask in online communities as these questions represent information needs in real life (Oh, 2015).…”
Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Most studies on online serendipity have focused on information acquisition in a search context (Foster & Ford, ; Pálsdóttir, ; Quan‐Haase & McCay‐Peet, ). However, it has been noted that the effect of serendipity should be differentiated by context (McCay‐Peet, ).…”
Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Other empirical studies have examined serendipitous information acquisition amongst older adults (Williamson, 1998), when reading for pleasure (Ross, 1999), when reading electronic news (Toms, 1999;2000a;2000b;Yadamsuren and Erdelez, 2010) and when using social media tools (Dantonio, 2010). Studies have also examined psychological factors behind coming across information serendipitously (Heinström, 2006), how encountered information is shared with others (Erdelez and Rioux, 2000a;2000b), the effect of personalised search results on the potential for serendipitous information acquisition (André et al, 2009a) the frequency of serendipitous information acquisition during Web search (André et al, 2009b) and the connection between purposive information-seeking and coming across information serendipitously (Pálsdóttir, 2010). Some studies have also attempted to 'induce' serendipity in an experimental setting -with limited success (Toms & McCay-Peet, 2009;Erdelez, 2004).…”
Section: Existing Empirical Studies Of Serendipitymentioning
confidence: 99%