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Information can be everything, but it is dependent of CONTEXT to give it meaning.

Information behavior is what we do with the information.

Situation (Case) narrower context, time space dependent.

Context- based or user centered research moved in 1970s

Behaviorism

Misinformation and disinformation are meant to mislead

Context of time is critical in terms of peoples information behavior (Ford).

Familiarizing myself with this subject, learning how information is shared and received and its importance.

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Gatekeeping of groups --> someone exists comfortably in different groups, take information and bring it back. Information can pass in between groups (can close the gate, or open it up).

How does information flow or not flow between these bubbles? It helps shape your world view, may be contained by that context. But if you are getting information from outside or are a gatekeeper you have a different view of what's going on.

Bubbles meeting in places where they have to: school, extended family

Think of conspiracy theories that launched during covid- if we want a different effect, how do we do that?

Urban explorations: fractured amongst themselves, but quite manipulative, agenda. QUESTION. Hide behind pseudonyms

Serious leisure: very involved in, very dedicated (unpaid)

Monitoring: seek out information, wanted to be involve information seeking

Blunting: seek distraction, passive in the role of information seeking

Information professionals: librarians, archivists, record managers (those who help others in their retrieval of information)

PIM: personal information management

We start to analyze how groups share information within themselves, and away from outsiders. How humans create bubbles of information exchange within the complexity of our lives. Are we doing that within LIS as well?

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Learning about the frameworks and here the most important thing that stuck to my mind was Crystal's subtle hinting to us that all these frameworks are basically useless. What is the point in creating a framework that is applicable to multiple scenarios if each is so unique and complex that it cannot fall under an over arching umbrella? Do these frameworks simplify our life, or just force us to shove distinct-ness into one grouping to establish similarity? It's like, Astrology, believing all personalities can be divided into 12 types (but then you go deeper, and notice that each location of each planet, your location at birth and how those planets were aligned with you at that moment, creating completely unique scenarios for everyone). Don't have to believe it but for the sake of the example

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Why can't we nail down one umbrella theory?

context

cultures, people are "Wiley critters"

hidden information behavior inside the head

Research tries to create the same widget for everyone- but this is so difficult. Can we even do it?

Theory is criticized to create better theory, what do we do? Do we bother? --> Why do we look for commonalities? To make the most amount of people "happy" or "content"

Before Chatman brought in qualitative research in IB, engaged with the messy stuff. Trying to understand different worlds of information —> acting as a sort of mediator as well

Look at frameworks see what works with your research, create your own widget

Start looking at impact of papers.

Does being adept at digital language make you less adept at in person information behavior? Digital space as next frontier of information behavior?

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I had way more notes from this talk but my internet dropped and I lost it

Swamp crash: Every little piece of wire has information for a story --> have to follow each storyline through before ruling it out

Jude:

elite-ness, power if more fluid

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Discussing dynamics of power: in the workplace, and in the family. How does this change? Or stay the same?

Being put in a box by family, being scared of losing job in workplace.

How do brands use these dynamics for marketing purposes?

Examples of greenwashing, queer washing, decolonial critique (Plantation Rum to Planetary Rum).

Positionality and context hand in hand.

ALAN-

Manages complexities of international product communications, profound understanding of technical/legal knowledge on bringing technical products to market. 36 years in RS.

He can talk candidly as he wants, after working there. Not RS business perspective, not having to wear a corporate cap.

Growing up learning how to create things by breaking them and putting them back together. Electrical/electronic, he worked in the lab, became part of engineering team until he had a team of his own.

Do you think or do you know how growing through the ranks helped you be a leader of your own team?

Signs on product: CE, bin with a cross, information being shared via labels. Uk particulars since Brexit went chaotic.

Trade, transport, customs compliance, import and export controls, so many different aspects of products being sold.

Every company has its own specific requirements on a country by country basis, so the concern for globalization was kind of an unnecessary worry.

Strangulation rules on clothes? News to me. Don’t understand some product recalls, constantly occurring in each country

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Transition: social capital and stigma,

Sex/Sexuality: 5 stages of homosexuality —> could we create a system of this to covid? Misinformation, echo-chamber?

COVID questions: distrust of formal sources, expertise on the individual

Did COVID change anyone’s way of searching for information? A working at a library, people came to them for verified information. A sort of haven, trusted information. For me, checking sources

INFORMATION IN FLUX —> how and why did they randomly change their behavior? Models can’t really predict anything.

Think about feedback loops, chances to change your mind, where does that happen? Find places where you need a mini loop, maybe it expands and becomes something you didn’t expect. Life is not linear, have to access that. What models call to you? Rundevir Model (not too detailed to work things into it).

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This class has taught me to critically analyze the need of frameworks and models and appreciate the "wily-ness" of humans, look at all we were able to speak about and this was mainly with a Western perspective. In class we discussed cultural differences as well which brings all conversations to another plane: whatever model you create is only applicable in that particular context.