VIKMA08 Information behavior

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Michal Lorenz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D.
Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Alice Lukavská
Supplier department: Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course focuses on the issue of information behavior, information practices and human-information interaction. Particular attention is paid to linking information behavior and information retrieval. Information behavior can be understood as interactions between people and the different forms of information that occur in a social context, often within complex sociotechnical systems.

The aim of the course is primarily to help students
• to focus on the issues of information behavior studies and the interdisciplinary nature of its research
• support their ability to critically analyze texts and trends in information behavior research
• provide a basis for their own research in the field of information behavior.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- describe the basic paradigms of information science and assign appropriate research methods
- design research of information behavior
- apply research methods to solve the research problem
- analyze information behavior of the selected target group
- write a research paper summarizing the findings of research.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to Information Behavior: What is Information Behavior and Information Interaction? Basic concepts and contexts
  • 2. Perspectives, paradigmata, theory
  • 3. Theory of information behavior
  • 4. Information behavior research methods
  • 5. Information behavior research methods II
  • 6. Information retrieval
  • 7. Information retrieval systems
  • 8. Information seeking and information retrieval models
  • 9. Environmental approach to information behavior - Linking research and design
  • 10. Analysis of cognitive work
  • 11. Everyday information practices
  • 12. User, usage and user experience research
  • 13. Trends in research on information behavior
Literature
    required literature
  • FIDEL, Raya. Human information interaction : an ecological approach to information behavior. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2012, xiv, 348. ISBN 9780262017008. info
  • CASE, Donald Owen. Looking for information : a survey of research on information seeking, needs, and behavior. San Diego, California: Academic Press, 2002, xvi, 350. ISBN 012150381X. info
    recommended literature
  • Fisher, K. E., Erdelez, S., & McKechnie, L. Theories of information behavior. Medford, N.J.: Information Today, 2005..
  • STOCK, Wolfgang G. and Mechtild STOCK. Handbook of information science. Berlin: De Gruyter Saur, 2015, xi, 901. ISBN 9783110373646. info
  • New directions in information behaviour. Edited by Amanda Spink - Jannica Heinström. 1st ed. Bingley [England]: Emerald Insight, 2011, xviii, 320. ISBN 9781780521718. info
  • SAVOLAINEN, Reijo. Everyday information practices : a social phenomenological perspective. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2008, x, 232. ISBN 9780810861114. info
  • VICENTE, Kim J. Cognitive work analysis : toward safe, productive, and healthy computer-based work. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999, xix, 392. ISBN 0805823964. info
Teaching methods
The course combines lectures and research workshop. The prerequisite for the workshops is the study of literature, which is given for each hour.
Assessment methods
Students work on a semester project consisting of three parts:
(1) desk research of a selected topic
(2) research design of a project
(3) realization of the research and writing the final report

Each part is assessed by points. The course ends with a test. At least 60 points out of 100 are required to complete the course.

Overall rating:

10 points - first task
10 points - second task
40 points - final work
40 points - test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
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