Seiching joanna sin division of information studies, wee kim wee school of communication and information, nanyang technological university. Formal description of the behavior of the interface extend finite state automata or transition networks. Professor raya fidels cogent exposition of foundational theoretical concepts including cognitive work analysis delivers thoughtful guidance for future work in information interaction. Raya fidel human information interaction hii is an emerging area of study that investigates how people interact with information. Information behavior is a field of information science research that seeks to understand the way people search for and use information in various contexts.
A multidimensional approach to the study of human information interaction. An ecological approach to information behavior a fresh research approach that bridges the study of human information interaction and the design. Social and behavioral theories office of behavioral and. A practical and readable reference to both wellestablished and newly proposed theories of information behavior, the book includes contributions from 85 scholars from 10 countries. Hii is not transferrable from analog to digital research because nonprofessional researchers greatly emphasize the need for further elaboration of context and scope finding aid elements. Research in human information behavior hib has been guided by a range of theoretical traditions in the social. An ecological approach to information behavior, raya fidel. Ecological systems theory by bronfenbrenner psychology facts. An ecological approach for social work practice john t. Human information interaction constructs an elegant argument for an ecological approach to information behavior. Research on human information interaction hii focuses on people s relationship with information, rather than with technology as in humancomputer interaction or with the information agency as in librarianship. There is also increasing research effort directed towards ecosystem services. An ecological approach to information behavior the mit press at. Oct 18, 20 in addition to its direct medical applications, the internet is a major source of consumer health information.
An ecological approach to information behavior a fresh research approach that bridges the study of human information interaction and the design of. An ecological approach to classroom and behaviour management accounts for the distinct individuality of each teaching setting. An ecological view of internet health information seeking. Research on the interactions between human behaviour and ecological systems tends to focus on the direct effects of human activities on ecosystems, such as biodiversity loss.
Humaninformation interaction or hii is the formal term for information behavior research in archival science. Bronfenbrenners 1989 ecological approach to human development has added a fuller understanding of how the characteristics of one type of setting, such as the family, are altered by other factors in participants lives, such as occupational and educational settings. Environmental effect on childs development according to urie bronfenbrenner, childs development is influenced by the different environmental systems. Ecological theory is a global perspective or meta theory, because the broad heading represents several scientific approaches that view human behavior as the result of the relationship between individuals and their environments. Ecological perspectives in health research journal of. A theory may explain human behavior, for example, by describing how humans interact or how humans react to certain stimuli. The critical concepts of the ecological approach are presented. An individual user may print out a pdf of a single chapter of a monograph in. Hii is inherently a multidisciplinary field, encompassing areas ranging from humancomputer interaction to.
Urie bronfenbrenner founded the ecological systems theory to understand the complex relationship between the infant, the. He states that as a child develops, the interaction within these environments becomes more complex. Introduction to human behavior in the social environment 5 community because serious violations of human rights impede and deter human wellbeingwhich social work strives to prevent and alleviate. Like most theories used in counseling, each can serve as a lens through which to view human development and to guide practice decisions. Research on human information interaction hii focuses on people s relationship. Yet despite their obvious relevance to the design of information systems, these research areas have had almost no impact on systems design. Such environments constitute a fusion of the many unique experiences, needs and expectations of their individual occupants. Cwa offers an ecological approach to design, analyzing the forces in the environment that shape human interaction with information.
In addition to its direct medical applications, the internet is a major source of consumer health information. Theory, cognitive development theory, and ecological system theory. Humaninformation interaction research and development library. In order to bridge the gap between information systems and the human side in the context of work, rasmussen. Ecological modelling of individual and contextual influences.
An ecological perspective on health emphasises both individual and contextual systems and the interdependent relations between the two. Human information interaction hii is an emerging area of study that investigates how people interact with information. Human ecology is an approach to the study of human behavior marked by two committments. Human ecology theory is unique in its focus on humans as both biological organisms and social beings in interaction with their environment. An ecological approach to information behavior by fidel, raya. The ecological systems theory influenced the way psychologists and other social scientists approached the study of human beings in their environment. Origins of this approach have emanated from multiple disciplines over the past century or more. The domain analytic approach to scholars information practices by sanna talja 19. Coevolution between organism and its environment behavioral preadaptation elegant and parcimonious perceptual processes ecological optics information is in the optical array and the optical flow the organism is equiped to extract invariants. In this poster we present the theoretical background of the ecological approach and present the findings of a study that investigates correlations between peoples information needs and the information. One issue may be the contextual human information interaction hii is an emerging area of study that investigates how people interact with information. Ernest haeckel, german zoologist and evolutionist, coined the term oekology in 1866 to define a field of study that examined organisms in their living. The ecological niche describes how an organism or population responds to the distribution of resources. In ecology, a niche is a term with a variety of meanings related to the behavior of a species living under specific environmental conditions.
The text links systems to social roles, and provides a framework for critical assessment of the theories from the systemsroles perspective. However, his theory underwent significant changes since its first inception during the late 1970s until his death in 2005, due to which the implications that can be drawn might differ depending on what concepts i. An ecological approach to information behavior, raya fidel uses human information interaction hii as an umbrella term to bring together into a unified meta. Ecological context of information interactions and. Elliss model of information seeking behavior by david ellis 22. Approaches to the study of humaninformation interaction most research in humaninformation behavior has concentrated on a single dimensioneither the psychological or the socialalthough a few researchers have considered these two dimensions together in a single study. The ecological system theory describes the difference in behaviour of the child in different environments and how the environment influences their development and grows up the child into an adult. Inls 500 human information interaction unc school of. Outside the united states social work as practiced in the united states is different from social work as practiced in other countries. Ecological model of human information behavior by kirsty williamson 20. Mar 23, 2012 a fresh research approach that bridges the study of human information interaction and the design of information systems.
Bronfenbrenners ecological systems theory focuses on the quality and context of the childs environment. Environmental psychology is the study of transactions between individuals and their physical settings gifford, 2007a. Information seeking behavior is the microlevel of behavior employed by the searcher in interacting with information systems of all kinds, be it between the seeker and the system, or the pure method of creating and following up on a search. The text links systems to social roles, and provides a framework for critical assessment. What this research provides for social work practice is a. A case study of collaborative information retrieval raya fidel center for human information interaction, the information school, box 352840, university of washington, seattle, wa 98195.
Bronfenbrenners ecological theory is appealing as a conceptual tool for guiding public mental health interventions. Interactions between human behaviour and ecological systems. The psychological approach focuses fundamentally upon attributes. Theories and concepts for human behavior in environmental. Ecological theory of perception fundamental hypotheses. Mar 14, 2018 however, beyond this example, studies utilizing early concepts of bronfenbrenners theory without considering interactions between and within ecological systems tend just to include many factors at various levels in a mental healthrisk model, without being able to rule out the complex interactions between these factors.
An ecological approach to examining how americans seek. Ecological perspective an overview sciencedirect topics. Pardeck southeast missouri state university social work program the ecological approach offers a comprehensive theoretical base that social practitioners can draw upon for effective social treatment. Introduction to human behavior in the social environment. Social systems theory provides an expanded treatment of systems theory, and applies the theory to common social work concerns. Primitive models behavioural change model, environmentally responsible behaviour model. According to a 2010 survey, 80% of internet users in the united states engage in internet health information seeking behavior ihisb, and 4% of all internet searches are healthrelated. A fresh research approach that bridges the study of human information interaction and the design of information systems.
In these transactions, individuals change their environments, and their behavior and experiences are changed by their environments. Social and behavioral theories the office of behavioral. Elicitation as micro level information seeking by meimei wu 21. This article provides a glossary of perspectives, processes, and settings that pertain to an ecological approach in health research. Request pdf on dec 1, 2012, bob wood and others published human information interaction. This unique book presents authoritative overviews of more than 70 conceptual frameworks for understanding how people seek, manage, share, and use information in different contexts. Raya fidel in this work, raya fidel proposes a research approach that bridges the study of human information interaction and the design of information systems. It can include information seeking and information retrieval, but it also aims to understand why people seek information and how they use it. It includes theory, research, and practice aimed at making the built environment more. Yet despite their obvious relevance to the design of information systems. Jan 19, 2012 research on the interactions between human behaviour and ecological systems tends to focus on the direct effects of human activities on ecosystems, such as biodiversity loss. First, human ecologists think that humans should be. Human information behavior hib is an emerging scholarly field that exists at the intersection of information science and information systems is research hemmer and heinzl 2011. Different uses of bronfenbrenners ecological theory in.