Exploring context in information behavior : seeker, situation, surroundings, and shared identities / Naresh Kumar Agarwal.
The field of human information behavior runs the gamut of processes from the realization of a need or gap in understanding, to the search for information from one or more sources to fill that gap, to the use of that information to complete a task at hand or to satisfy a curiosity, as well as other b...
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[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: why context?
- 1.1 The field of information behavior
- 1.1.1 Why is context relevant to information behavior?
- 1.2 What is context?
- 1.2.1 The many facets and types of context
- 1.3 Chapter summary
- 2. Literature review: the influence of context on information behavior
- 2.1 Models and frameworks incorporating context
- 2.2 Empirical studies incorporating context
- 2.2.1 Populations studied
- 2.2.2 Methods used
- 2.2.3 Variables studied
- 2.2.4 Application of context in system design
- 2.3 Mapping theoretical conceptions to one contextual element
- 2.4 Chapter summary
- 3. Mapping the conceptual space of context
- 3.1 Background
- 3.1.1 So, what does context really mean? How do we map the conceptual space of context?
- 3.2 Delineating the boundaries of context: contextual identity framework
- 3.2.1 The scope of context
- 3.2.2 The context behind my study of context
- 3.2.3 Theoretical lens--social identity theory
- 3.2.4 Contextual identity framework
- 3.3 Delineating the elements of context
- 3.4 Delineating the variables comprising context
- 3.5 Chapter summary
- 4. Discussion
- 4.1 Designing research studies incorporating context
- 4.2 Stereotyped context and the movement between stereotyped and shared contexts
- 4.2.1 Yin-yang: stereotyping within shared view of context
- 4.2.2 Contextual identity framework and social phenomenology
- 4.3 Context overlap and continuous change
- 4.3.1 Layers of context or overlapping contexts
- 4.3.2 Continuous reshaping of context
- 4.4 Chapter summary
- 5. Definition and conclusions
- 5.1 Toward a unified definition of "context in information behavior"
- 5.2 Limitations and future work
- 5.3 Conclusions and implications
- 5.4 Context now and in the near future
- 5.5 Chapter summary
- 6. Further reading
- Bibliography
- Author's biography.