Cox, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-2587-245X and Fulton, C. (2022) Geographies of information behaviour: a conceptual exploration. Journal of Documentation, 78 (4). pp. 745-760. ISSN 0022-0418
Abstract
Purpose This article examines the relation between place, space and information behaviour.
Design/methodology/approach Concepts of place and space are explored through a comparison of three leisure pursuits: running, urban exploration and genealogy, based on the authors' research and the published literature.
Findings A socially constructed meaning of place is central to each leisure activity but how it is experienced physically, emotionally and imaginatively are different. Places have very different meanings within each practice. Mirroring this, information behaviours are also very different: such as the sources used, the type of information created and how it is shared or not shared. Information behaviour contributes to the meanings associated with place in particular social practices.
Research limitations/implications Meaning attached to place can be understood as actively constructed within social practices. Rather than context for information behaviours in the sense of an outside, containing, even constraining, environment, the meaning of place can be seen as actively constructed within social practices and by the information behaviours that are part of them.
Originality/value The paper adds a new perspective to the understanding of place and space in the study of information behaviour.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Emerald Publishing Ltd. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Documentation. This version is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. |
Keywords: | leisure pursuits; hobbies; information behaviour; place; social practice; space; the social construction of meaning; context |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2021 08:30 |
Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2022 06:52 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Emerald |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1108/JD-05-2021-0105 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:177001 |
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