论文信息 - Predicting library, internet and other source use: A comparison of the predictive power of two user-defined categorizations of information seeking situations-nature of situations versus situation "emotions" assessments

Predicting library, internet and other source use: A comparison of the predictive power of two user-defined categorizations of information seeking situations-nature of situations versus situation "emotions" assessments

The purpose of the study reported here was to continue our efforts to: a) test the empirical advantages of treating the "emotions" associated with information seeking and use (ISU) as multi-dimensional concepts rather than as a conflated amalgam of many concepts; b) conceptualize emotions as attributes ascribed by actors to situations rather than as traits ascribed to actors; and c) compare the predictive power of different predictors of ISU. We pitted two user-defined categorizations of information-seeking situations against each other to predict user reports of source use. The first was how users described situations in material terms -i.e. what kinds of situations they saw themselves as facing in terms of the usual categorizations applied by systems such as everyday life-facing (e.g. housing, health); and, scholarship, research. The second consisted of a series of six situation "emotions" assessments, rating scales that users applied to situations. The core research question focused on understanding when source use was best accounted for by nature of situation and/or by situational "emotions" assessments. POSTER SESSION PAPER AT American Society for Information Science and Technology annual meeting Milwaukee, Wisconsin October 18 25, 2007. FOR FULL DOCUMENTATION AND RELATED MATERIALS:*posters JPEG* 31 page background paper with tables, figures, references *links to supporting literature SEE:

Brenda Dervin | CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

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