Information seeking behavior: what should a general theory look like
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Information seeking behavior : what should a general theory look like. / Hjørland, Birger.
In: New Review of Information Behaviour Research, Vol. 1, 2000, p. 19-33.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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T1 - Information seeking behavior
T2 - what should a general theory look like
AU - Hjørland, Birger
N1 - tidsskriftet ophørte med at udkomme i 2004, og denne årgang er ikke længere tilgængelig fra forlagets hjemmeside.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - A general theory of information seeking behaviour must include an outline of an evolutionary theory of how organisms have adapted their cognitive apparatus to the demands raised in order to cope with their environments. It should describe important qualitative stages in this development and explain the teleological or goal-oriented nature of the behaviour of living organisms. Such a theory should define the essential characteristics in human information seeking, including adescription of it cultural and social determinants. It should consider the costs and benefits of information seeking, and the social mechanisms influencing its value.Further, such a theory should explain information neglecting and avoidance, the utilisation of different kinds of information resources, the strategies used, and their efficiency. A general theory should formulate what the essential, non-trivial factors are, which can be generalised from different domains, and which are affecting the efficiency of information seeking. Such factors are related to peoples' basic world-views and to their fundamental epistemological assumptions
AB - A general theory of information seeking behaviour must include an outline of an evolutionary theory of how organisms have adapted their cognitive apparatus to the demands raised in order to cope with their environments. It should describe important qualitative stages in this development and explain the teleological or goal-oriented nature of the behaviour of living organisms. Such a theory should define the essential characteristics in human information seeking, including adescription of it cultural and social determinants. It should consider the costs and benefits of information seeking, and the social mechanisms influencing its value.Further, such a theory should explain information neglecting and avoidance, the utilisation of different kinds of information resources, the strategies used, and their efficiency. A general theory should formulate what the essential, non-trivial factors are, which can be generalised from different domains, and which are affecting the efficiency of information seeking. Such factors are related to peoples' basic world-views and to their fundamental epistemological assumptions
KW - informationssøgning
KW - Teori
M3 - Journal article
VL - 1
SP - 19
EP - 33
JO - The New Review of Information Behaviour Research
JF - The New Review of Information Behaviour Research
SN - 1471-6313
ER -
ID: 47055012