Needs, seeking and use of information: a review of theory

One of the purposes of this article is to present the state of the art in Spanish, of the theoretical literature generated in the user studies field. Due to its structure, the article may be used both globally or fragmented. First, there is an approach of the general ideologies, that give place to o...

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Autor principal: Romanos de Tiratel, Susana
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Publicado: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras 2014
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spelling I28-R145-1032_oai2025-11-17 Romanos de Tiratel, Susana 2014-11-20 One of the purposes of this article is to present the state of the art in Spanish, of the theoretical literature generated in the user studies field. Due to its structure, the article may be used both globally or fragmented. First, there is an approach of the general ideologies, that give place to opposed alternative approaches to the traditional ones in this field of research. Afterwards, the main issues and definition of concepts: information, information needs, search and use of information are being analyzed. The author concludes that in the field of user studies, the current investigations show a strong theoretical and methodological progress. User focus approaches have become predominant, and the significance of the multidisciplinary research increases. The information behavior is undestood as part of a wider process. Information is considered as a construction created in the interaction between people and messages. The object of the research is conceptualized more and more as a social phenomenon that leads to the use of variables of organizational and social level. Uno de los propósitos de este artículo es presentar un estado de la cuestión en lengua castellana que integre la literatura teórica generada en el área de los estudios de usuarios. El trabajo podrá utilizarse tanto globalmente como en forma fragmentada, dado que su estructura así lo permite. En primer lugar se aborda el tema de las teorizaciones generales que dieron lugar, dentro de esta área de investigación, a abordajes alternativos opuestos a los tradicionales. Luego se pasa revista a los ejes problemáticos y a la definición de conceptos: información, estructuras del conocimiento, necesidades de información y búsqueda y uso de la información. Se concluye que, en el área de los estudios de usuarios, las investigaciones actuales muestran un marcado progreso teórico y metodológico. Los argumentos a favor del abordaje centrado en el usuario se han vuelto predominantes y aumenta la significación de la investigación multidisciplinaria. La conducta informativa se comprende como parte un proceso más amplio. Se considera a la información como una construcción creada en la interacción de personas y mensajes. El objeto de la investigación se conceptualiza cada vez más como un fenómeno social que conduce al uso de variables de nivel organizativo  y social. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/ICS/article/view/1032 10.34096/ics.i2.1032 spa Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/ICS/article/view/1032/1012 Información, cultura y sociedad; No. 2 (2000); 9-44 Información, cultura y sociedad; Núm. 2 (2000); 9-44 1851-1740 1514-8327 Information Needs Information Seeking Information Use User Studies Necesidades de información Búsqueda de información Uso de la información Estudios de usuarios Needs, seeking and use of information: a review of theory Necesidades, búsqueda y uso de la información: revisión de la teoría info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=biblioinfo&d=1032_oai
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topic Information Needs
Information Seeking
Information Use
User Studies
Necesidades de información
Búsqueda de información
Uso de la información
Estudios de usuarios
spellingShingle Information Needs
Information Seeking
Information Use
User Studies
Necesidades de información
Búsqueda de información
Uso de la información
Estudios de usuarios
Romanos de Tiratel, Susana
Needs, seeking and use of information: a review of theory
topic_facet Information Needs
Information Seeking
Information Use
User Studies
Necesidades de información
Búsqueda de información
Uso de la información
Estudios de usuarios
description One of the purposes of this article is to present the state of the art in Spanish, of the theoretical literature generated in the user studies field. Due to its structure, the article may be used both globally or fragmented. First, there is an approach of the general ideologies, that give place to opposed alternative approaches to the traditional ones in this field of research. Afterwards, the main issues and definition of concepts: information, information needs, search and use of information are being analyzed. The author concludes that in the field of user studies, the current investigations show a strong theoretical and methodological progress. User focus approaches have become predominant, and the significance of the multidisciplinary research increases. The information behavior is undestood as part of a wider process. Information is considered as a construction created in the interaction between people and messages. The object of the research is conceptualized more and more as a social phenomenon that leads to the use of variables of organizational and social level.
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