This study explores the use of online newsgroups and discussion groups by people in situations of information poverty. Through a qualitative content analysis of 200 posts across Internet groups, we identify topics and information needs expressed by people who feel they have no other sources of support available to them. We uncover various health, well-being, social, and identity issues that are not only crucial to the lives of the people posting but which they are unwilling to risk revealing elsewhere-offering evidence that these online environments provide an outlet for the expression of critical and hidden information needs. To enable this analysis, we first describe our method for reliably identifying situations of information poverty in...
Introduction: This paper explores the online information experiences of individuals experiencing soc...
PurposeThis paper aims to examine the service experience in an online support community of consumers...
Information poverty is widely recognised as having a negative impact upon peoples’ health and wellbe...
This study explores the use of online newsgroups and discussion groups by people in situations of in...
This paper presents an ongoing investigation into how people use the Internet in an attempt to escap...
This paper presents an ongoing investigation into how people use the Internet in an attempt to escap...
Homeless persons lack economic capital, but it is less clear whether they concomitantly lack importa...
Information poverty remains a critical issue for societies today. The literature of information pove...
UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION USE IN ONLINE CONSUMER HEALTH SUPPORT GROUPS: A LOOK INTO INTERACTIVE HEAL...
The impending use of internet open up a broad spectrum of usage. Among those are the use of sharing ...
Information poverty remains a critical issue for societies today. The literature of information pove...
Online support groups have shown a strong potential to foster resourceful environments for people li...
When information practices are understood to be shaped by social context, privilege and marginalizat...
Introduction. This paper explores the online information experiences of individuals experiencing soc...
Objective: Huntington’s Disease (HD) is an inherited disorder, characterised by a progressive degene...
Introduction: This paper explores the online information experiences of individuals experiencing soc...
PurposeThis paper aims to examine the service experience in an online support community of consumers...
Information poverty is widely recognised as having a negative impact upon peoples’ health and wellbe...
This study explores the use of online newsgroups and discussion groups by people in situations of in...
This paper presents an ongoing investigation into how people use the Internet in an attempt to escap...
This paper presents an ongoing investigation into how people use the Internet in an attempt to escap...
Homeless persons lack economic capital, but it is less clear whether they concomitantly lack importa...
Information poverty remains a critical issue for societies today. The literature of information pove...
UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION USE IN ONLINE CONSUMER HEALTH SUPPORT GROUPS: A LOOK INTO INTERACTIVE HEAL...
The impending use of internet open up a broad spectrum of usage. Among those are the use of sharing ...
Information poverty remains a critical issue for societies today. The literature of information pove...
Online support groups have shown a strong potential to foster resourceful environments for people li...
When information practices are understood to be shaped by social context, privilege and marginalizat...
Introduction. This paper explores the online information experiences of individuals experiencing soc...
Objective: Huntington’s Disease (HD) is an inherited disorder, characterised by a progressive degene...
Introduction: This paper explores the online information experiences of individuals experiencing soc...
PurposeThis paper aims to examine the service experience in an online support community of consumers...
Information poverty is widely recognised as having a negative impact upon peoples’ health and wellbe...