Ebook: Information Experience: Approaches to Theory and Practice: 9

This book comprises innovative research on the information behavior of various age groups. It also looks at special populations such as ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples, and users with disabilities. The book presents research and reflections on designing systems that help the new generation cope with a complex knowledge society.;Front Cover -- Information Experience: Approaches to Theory and Practice -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Editors -- Editorial Advisory Board -- Preface -- Reference -- Section I: Overview -- Chapter 1 Information Experience: Contemporary Perspectives -- 1.1. Information Experience: An Emerging Concept -- 1.2. Information Experience: A Research Domain -- 1.3. Information Experience: A Research Object -- 1.4. Information Experience: Significance to Theory and Practice -- 1.5. Information Experience: Towards a Collective Awareness -- References -- Section II: Theorising information experience -- Chapter 2 Researching Information Experience: Object and Domain -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The Research Projects -- 2.2.1. Socially Resilient: Social Media in Times of Natural Disaster -- 2.2.2. Informed Resilience: Information Literacy in Times of Natural Disaster -- 2.3. Understanding Information Experience -- 2.3.1. Delineating Information Experience as a Research Object -- 2.3.2. Delineating Information Experience as a Research Domain -- 2.4. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3 Researching Information Experience: Methodological Snapshots -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Author's Perspective on Information Experience and Informed Learning -- 3.3. Six Research Snapshots: Varied Approaches to Information Experience Research -- 3.3.1. Action Research -- 3.3.1.1. Featured Researcher: Anne Whisken -- 3.3.2. CGT -- 3.3.2.1. Featured Researcher: Kate Davis -- 3.3.3. Ethnomethodology -- 3.3.3.1. Featured Researcher: Natalya Godbold -- 3.3.4. ECIA -- 3.3.4.1. Featured Researcher: Ann Gillespie -- 3.3.5. Phenomenography -- 3.3.5.1. Featured Researcher: Clarence Maybee -- 3.3.6. Qualitative Case Study -- 3.3.6.1. Featured Researchers: Hilary Hughes (Senior Lecturer) and Christine Bruce (Professor).