Eun Youp Rha
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to introduce a conceptual approach to understand social effects on task-based information seeking behavior. This analytical work provides a new theoretical lens that will be potentially useful to identify the relationships between social communities and information behavior. Specifically, I suggest an integrated sociological view on human information behavior primarily influenced by cognitive sociology and practice theory, which emphasizes the roles of socially constructed cognition of individuals.
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- Social Aspects of Task-Based Information Seeking Behavior: The Conceptual Integration of Cognitive Sociology and Practice Theory
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