The World Wide Web has enabled knowledge sharing on a global scale. Through groups known as social question and answer (Q&A) communities, people can ask questions and collaboratively co-create knowledge. The question the study investigates is simple: Are the interactions resulting from the questions posted influenced by how the question is framed?
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In the digital age, understanding decision-making processes has become increasingly vital. It is germane for individuals, businesses and managers to understand the complexities of overloaded data to navigate the information era properly and make intelligent decisions. The availability of information and the quick speed of technological improvements have substantially altered how decisions are made.
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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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Tinnitus can affect concentration, sleep, communication and result in heightened stress, anxiety, and depression, but an effective treatment remains elusive. A promising treatment option, one that has the support of experts from various domains, is that of smartphone applications for mitigating tinnitus-related symptoms. To work around the shortcomings of the existing tinnitus apps, we propose implementing improvements from an information science perspective to enhance user experience.
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The emergence of OpenAI Chat technology can replace the human expert because this technology, using machine learning and intelligent algorithms, is able to automatically provide the best answers, which leads to increased productivity and reduced human error. In this study, we will explain to what extent ChatGPT can be used instead of digital services. We answer this question by chatting with ChatGPT.
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The Information Experience of Furry Families exhibition was held at the Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), New Zealand, on April 20-21, 2023. The exhibition featured a series of photographs and photo voices made by animal guardians across New Zealand to highlight the information that shapes understanding between the dog, cat, and their humans.
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Some people use social media, cookbooks, food media, and so on to plan their menus or learn to cook. Here, we pay attention to the intersections between consumers who live alone, their approaches to seeking food preparation information, and variations in their search practices.
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Human-information interactions tend to be studied as isolated events. In reality, most human interactions, including those associated with information behaviors, are informed by individuals’ association/connection with their communities. A person’s community or communities inform their identity, belonging, behavior, and knowledge.
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Sensemaking, the process of forming meaningful representations of a task or problem’s information space, is the starting point of intelligent information use.
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Attention doctoral students of Information Science: There’s a new video series at INFIDEOS, and it is just for you.
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