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Allen, David K., Karanasios, Stan and Slavova, Mira (2011) Working with activity theory : context, technology, and information behavior. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62 (4). pp. 776-788. doi:10.1002/asi.21441 ISSN 1532-2882.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.21441
Abstract
Over the last 7 years, the AIMTech Research Group in the University of Leeds has used cultural‐historical activity theory (CHAT) to inform a range of research activities in the fields of information behavior and information systems. In this article, we identify certain openings and theoretical challenges in the field of information behavior, which sparked our initial interest in CHAT: context, technology, and the link between practice and policy. We demonstrate the relevance of CHAT in studying information behavior and addressing the identified openings and argue that by providing a framework and hierarchy of activity‐action‐operation and semantic tools, CHAT is able to overcome many of the uncertainties concerning information behavior research. In particular, CHAT provides researchers a theoretical lens to account for context and activity mediation and, by doing so, can increase the significance of information behavior research to practice. In undertaking this endeavour, we have relied on literature from the fields of information science and others where CHAT is employed. We provide a detailed description of how CHAT may be applied to information behavior and account for the concepts we see as relevant to its study.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Information behavior -- Research, Information science | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology | ||||||||
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1532-2882 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | April 2011 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 62 | ||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 776-788 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1002/asi.21441 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 26 October 2018 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 26 October 2018 | ||||||||
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