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From Fear to Flow explores how personality traits may influence attitude, behaviour and reaction to information. Consideration is made for individual differences in information behaviour and reasons behind individual search differences. The book reviews personality and information behaviour and discusses how personality may influence the attitude towards information. Reaction to information is examined in contexts such as everyday life, decision-making, work, studies and human-computer interaction.Introduces a little researched area which is current and needed in our Informatio

Information behavior. --- Information literacy --- Research --- Literacy, Information --- Information science --- Information-seeking behavior --- Human behavior --- Psychological aspects.

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New Research in Information Behavior, co-edited by Professor Amanda Spink and Dr. Jannica Heinström provides an understanding of the new directions, leading edge theories and models in information behavior. Information behavior is conceptualized as complex human information related processes that are embedded within an individuals everyday social and life processes. The book presents chapters by a range of scholars who show new research directions that often challenge the established views and paradigms of information behavior studies. Beginning with an evolutionary framework, the book builds our understanding of information behaviors over various epochs of human existence from the Palaeolithic Era and within pre-literate societies, to contemporary behaviors by 21st century humans. Drawing upon social and psychological science theories the book presents a more integrated and holistic approach understanding of information behaviours. This book is directly relevant to information scientists, information professionals and librarians, social and evolutionary psychologists, social scientists and people interested in understanding more about their own information behaviors.

Information behavior. --- Information-seeking behavior --- Human behavior --- Information behavior --- E-books --- Language Arts & Disciplines --- Business & Economics --- Information theory. --- Communication studies. --- Library & Information Science --- General. --- Library & Information Science / School Media*. --- Information Management.

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02 --- 3 --- Bibliotheekwezen --- Sociale wetenschappen: sociologie, politiek, economie, recht, onderwijs --- Theses --- Electronic information resource literacy. --- Human information processing. --- Information behavior. --- Information retrieval. --- Internet research. --- Personality. --- 3 Sociale wetenschappen: sociologie, politiek, economie, recht, onderwijs --- 02 Bibliotheekwezen --- Electronic information resource literacy --- Human information processing --- Information behavior --- Information retrieval --- Internet research --- Personality --- Personal identity --- Personality psychology --- Personality theory --- Personality traits --- Personology --- Traits, Personality --- Psychology --- Individuality --- Persons --- Self --- Temperament --- Web research --- Research --- Data retrieval --- Data storage --- Discovery, Information --- Information discovery --- Information storage and retrieval --- Retrieval of information --- Documentation --- Information science --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Information-seeking behavior --- Human behavior --- Information processing, Human --- Bionics --- Information theory in psychology --- Perception --- Information literacy --- Methodology