Essays about: "information seeking behaviour"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words information seeking behaviour.

  1. 1. Omplacering av hund med fokus på adoptionshundar : orsak och förebyggande

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Isa Lundell; [2023]
    Keywords : hund; adoption; omplacering; hundköp;

    Abstract : Today, rehoming of dogs is a growing issue all around the world. Especially after the covid-19 pandemic, which opened the possibility for more people to purchase dogs due to working from home. Purchases of shelter dogs also increased during the pandemic and are therefore an expanding part of the dogs being giving up for rehoming as well. READ MORE

  3. 2. Investigating the influence of the tidal regime on harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena distribution in Mount’s Bay, Cornwall

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Duncan Jones; [2023]
    Keywords : Geography; Geographical Information Systems; GIS; Habitat Modelling; Harbour Porpoise; MaxEnt; Tidal Processes; Conservation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Investigating the influence of the tidal regime on harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena distribution in Mount’s Bay, Cornwall Abstract Unintentional by-catch in fishing gear is a significant cause of mortality of harbour porpoises in UK waters. Understanding the spatial distribution of harbour porpoises at fine scales and how this changes over time is essential when trying to understand where these lethal interactions might occur. READ MORE

  4. 3. “You just don’t expect serious crisis information on a platform like Instagram.” : A qualitative study about Swedish civilians’ social media usage and information seeking behaviours in relation to crisis information.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013)

    Author : Tilde Johansson; Ebba Martinsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Social media; social media use; crisis communication; information vetting; information sharing; information seeking; Sociala medier; kriskommunikation; Krisinformation; Informationstolkning; Informationsdelning; Informationssökande;

    Abstract : This qualitative study investigates people's media use and engagement on social media. By combining prompts material and qualitative interviews with theories such as the social mediated crisis communication model (Austin et al., 2012) and uses and gratifications theory (Katz et al. READ MORE

  5. 4. Best of both worlds : The information seeking behaviours of Swedish gymnasium studentsregarding the vaccination against COVID-19

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

    Author : Marta Göranzon; [2022]
    Keywords : Information seeking behaviour; information avoidance; adolescents; COVID-19; vaccinations; Sweden; trust; decision-making;

    Abstract : To add to the understanding of the COVID-19 information landscape, the aim of this thesis was to investigate the information seeking behaviours of Swedish gymnasium students regarding the vaccination against COVID-19. The theoretical framework used to guide this study was based on  active and passive information seeking behaviour as defined by Bates (2002), and information avoidance as defined by Narayan et al. READ MORE

  6. 5. The information seeking of undergraduate students and use of electronic resources at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

    Author : Benedicta Ishioma Ogbekene; [2022]
    Keywords : Information needs; information seeking behaviour; information use; use of electronic resources; information sources; information behaviour;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to understand the information seeking of undergraduate students and use of electronic resources at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (namely KTH RIT). Four research questions were developed to guide the study. Wilson’s 1996 model of information behaviour was adopted. The survey research design was adopted. READ MORE