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Analyzing Substantive Theories in User Studies of Information Seeking on the Web
Abstract
This study aims to analyze substantive theories in user studies on Web-based information seeking in order to explore the implications of building a unified theory in this field. Substantive theory is defined as research which generalized user behaviors during information seeking on the Web or suggested significant relationships between variables in Web-based information seeking context. The sample of research articles were published in four core journals from 1995 to 2005. Among 42 articles of user-based information seeking on the Web, ten articles were contributed to the development of substantive theories. Findings show that substantive theories used thirteen dependent and ten independent variables and 22 relationships were considered as significant. They have a tendency to focus on individual differences of users and on some specific narrow aspects(i.e. searching or searching time) of user behaviors. Findings suggested a range of implications for a unified theory construction.
- keywords
- information seeking, information seeking behavior, World Wide Web, WWW, Internet, user studies, substantive theory, theory building, 정보탐색, 정보탐색행위, 웹, 인터넷, 이용자 연구, 실체이론, 이론개발
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