My favorite unreliable source? Information sharing and acquisition through informal networks. Issue 1 (22nd October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Willson, Rebekah; Buchanan, George; Burnett, Gary; Ellison, Nicole; Erdelez, Sanda; Twidale, Michael
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Volume 57:Issue 1(2020)
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• Publication Date: 2020-10-22
• Subjects: informal networks -- information sharing; Information science -- Congresses; Information technology -- Congresses; Information science; Information technology; Conference papers and proceedings; 020
• DOI: 10.1002/pra2.294
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2373-9231

Abstract

Abstract: Informal information networks are the personal connections of friends, family and colleagues that people use to help them find information. Recently, a great deal of attention has been paid to social network sites, and other social media, as a key source of information and misinformation in contemporary society. This panel will probe deeper, to investigate the personal connections that underpin and lie behind the social connections visible on social network sites. This issue is of increasing importance as more of our everyday lives are moved online. We will debate what we actually know, and do not know, about how people find information through others, both on‐ and off‐line. From the panel we hope to create a network of scholars interested in creating a research agenda to make informal networks a focus of study going forward.