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Information Seeking in the Mobile Environment
Matula, Kamil ; Planková, Jindra (advisor) ; Jarolímková, Adéla (referee) ; Steinerová, Jela (referee)
MATULA, Kamil. Information Seeking in the Mobile Environment. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta, Ústav informačních studií a knihovnictví, 2021. Ph.D. Thesis. Supervisor PhDr. et Bc. Jindra Planková, Ph.D. Abstract The dissertation thesis deals with information seeking in mobile environment using smartphone. For this purpose, a qualitative research is conducted, devided into two consecutive research activities. In the first activity are used semistructured interviews to collect the data and the grounded theory is used for data analysis. In the second activity are used methods "thinking aloud" and practical information seeking based on model scenarios. Results of the second research activity are evaluated by thematic analysis and task analysis. The findings have broadenend and deepend the state of current knowledge concerning the information seeking in the mobile environment. We consider exploration of limiting factors that affect information seeking in mobile environment as one of the most beneficial result as well as discovery of two extreme styles of information seeking in mobile environment. Keywords Information Behaviour; Information Seeking; Information Retrieval; Mobile En- vironment; Mobile Information and Communication Technologies; Qualitative Research; Semistructured Interview; Thinking...
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