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The beauty of qualitative research is that it allows flexibility and embraces nuance in interpretation. Of course, this comes with the recognition that reflexivity is essential to interpretation. However, interpretation becomes challenging when it involves varying perspectives. We (Irish, Gerard, and Yhna) provide an account of our collaborative interpretation experience in, analyzing the Out of the Box Media Literacy Initiative’s Media and Information Literacy for Democracy Handbook.

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May 16, 2024 Theresa Kneppers

Collaborative Audio Responses to an Online Collection/Archive

I am the curator of A David Bomberg Legacy – The Sarah Rose Collection, a group of Modern British artworks by selected members of the David Bomberg and the Borough Group. In my role as the curator of the collection, I have expanded the site of curatorial production to include the Internet, and the archive of digitised material associated with the collection. One of the methods I have experimented to engage users in interpreting the digital collection is to create polyvocal audio recordings.

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May 15, 2024 Jo McKenna-Aspell

Facilitating Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Collaborative Research: How Elicitation Storyboards Help

How can we foster equitable discussions between different groups of people with very different backgrounds and experiences? In our study on embedding equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in usability testing we used storyboards to facilitate collaboration between people who are underrepresented in usability testing with usability researchers. We discuss how storyboards were used to ensure everyone has a voice and can take an active part in discussions.

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May 7, 2024 Ruth Xing

A Grad’s Thoughts on Working for JASIST

I write this article now, just over three years after first embarking on my journalism-research journey with Dr. Steve Sawyer, the Editor-in-Chief of JASIST—or, as I know him, Steve. Working with Steve has been eye-opening in a way that reading about academic publishing could never be. I continue to work with Steve as a volunteer for JASIST, and I am still learning new things every day.

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December 11, 2023 Hamid Reza Saeidnia

ChatGPT: A Year Later – Examining Experts’ Opinions, Studies, and Public Perception

Since its release over a year ago, ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, has sparked significant interest and debate surrounding the capabilities and implications of AI-powered conversational systems. As time has passed, experts, researchers, and ordinary users have had the opportunity to assess and analyze the impact of ChatGPT in various domains. This article delves into the developments, opinions, studies, and public perception surrounding ChatGPT since its launch, offering a comprehensive overview of the progress made and the challenges that remain. From expert opinions to research studies and the thoughts of ordinary individuals, this article explores the multifaceted perspectives that have emerged over the course of the past year.

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November 7, 2023 Shahan Ahmad Chowdhury

UI Can Make or Break User Information Search Experience

Efficient and effective information search in web platforms is crucial to providing a better digital experience for users in today’s landscape. Whether you are searching for a product in the digital marketplace, researching a topic online, or seeking specific answers to your questions, the user interface (UI) you encounter plays an important role in shaping your search experience. This article highlights the impact of the search experience on users and the importance of getting it right.

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July 7, 2023 Najeem Olawale Adelakun

Navigating Challenges and Future Trends in Sentiment Analysis for Investment Decision Making

Sentiment analysis provides insights that guide investment decisions by analysing and interpreting sentiment from textual data sources such as news articles, social media posts, and financial reports. However, using sentiment analysis to make financial decisions has its own set of issues and constraints.

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June 14, 2023 Bob Glushko

Seven Ways That Data Science Projects Fail

The pragmatic value of data science for solving business problems has made it a rival or replacement for information science from an industry perspective. I reviewed numerous data science projects and interviewed numerous data science experts to understand the factors that make projects successful, but this work also revealed—by counterfactual reasoning and some confessions from the experts—why some data science projects fail. I identified seven causes of failure and I explain here how “information science thinking” can prevent or lessen these problems in data science projects.

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June 3, 2023 Hamid Reza Saeidnia

Open AI, ChatGPT: To Be, or Not to Be, That Is the Question

Some consider ChatGPT smarter than humans, some call it destructive technology, and others consider it a great helper for writing scientific and research studies. The world of artificial intelligence shows that it is very exciting and that this technology can help humans at a very high level in any field, a subject that was considered science fiction in the past decades. But now it is a part of reality.