Information Illiteracy: The Case Of Convenience In Information Seeking
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https://doi.org/10.19132/1808-5245222.36-59Keywords:
Information Literacy. Convenience. Information Behavior. Information Practice. Information Science.Abstract
This article analyzes information behavior related to convenience in information seeking and its implications for information literacy in a faculty community of Higher Education. Through participatory research, the information literacy is investigated using the perception and evidence-based data in a practical information searching activity. Among the findings, it’s highlighted the fact that most participants make their choices about the use of information resources based on convenience criteria (e.g. agility, accessibility etc.) rather than considering the credibility and the accuracy of the contents. Furthermore, the instrumental and cognitive perspectives are the major focus of the current research on information literacy, whose main product is the generation of information literacy standards. This article discusses the convenience by the lens of sociocultural and positive information approaches This study concludes that convenience, even potentially damaging to the quality of academic knowledge production, highlights the positive dimension of information, an issue that’s still little explored by information scientists, whose interests of research are more centered on problematic aspects and barriers of information, neglecting the study of how pleasurable and profound experiences determines the information seeking and use.Downloads
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