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The role of information avoidance in everyday‐life information behaviors

Author(s) -

Narayan Bhuva,

Case Donald O.,

Edwards Sylvia L.

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

proceedings of the american society for information science and technology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1550-8390

pISSN - 0044-7870

DOI - 10.1002/meet.2011.14504801085

Subject(s) - everyday life , context (archaeology) , psychology , phenomenon , health information , social psychology , information seeking , health care , computer science , geography , political science , information retrieval , epistemology , philosophy , archaeology , law

This paper presents the results from a study of information behaviors in the context of people's everyday lives as part of a larger study of information behaviors (IB). 34 participants from across 6 countries maintained a daily information journal or diary – mainly through a secure web log – for two weeks, to an aggregate of 468 participant days over five months. The text‐rich diary data was analyzed using Grounded Theory analysis. The findings indicate that information avoidance is a common phenomenon in everyday life and consisted of both passive avoidance and active avoidance. This has implications for several aspects of peoples' lives including health, finance, and personal relationships.

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