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Small worlds: Normative behavior in virtual communities and feminist bookselling

Small worlds: Normative behavior in virtual communities and feminist bookselling Introduction Commonness and routine characterize the everyday reality of those of us who share a communal cultural space. The small worlds of our lives lack sweeping surprises, and we often conduct the business of living in such an uneventful way that few aspects of our lives appear to us to merit important discussion. Most occurrences in any small world are predictable, and much of the information that holds it together is perceived by members of that world as appropriate, legitimate, and as having a rightful place in the general scheme of things. Within such a small world, even the activity of information seeking can be viewed as normative. That is, one looks at the world, with its everyday reality, as defined by the horizons of the small world, with some degree of interest, and seeks (or avoids) information within the specific context of the small world within which one lives or works. Understanding the ways in which people deal with information in the contexts of their small worlds requires a theoretical frame capable of explaining many different types of information‐related activities, including both information seeking and information avoidance, as well as all the possible activities in between these http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology Wiley

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2001 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
2330-1635
eISSN
2330-1643
DOI
10.1002/asi.1102
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Abstract

Introduction Commonness and routine characterize the everyday reality of those of us who share a communal cultural space. The small worlds of our lives lack sweeping surprises, and we often conduct the business of living in such an uneventful way that few aspects of our lives appear to us to merit important discussion. Most occurrences in any small world are predictable, and much of the information that holds it together is perceived by members of that world as appropriate, legitimate, and as having a rightful place in the general scheme of things. Within such a small world, even the activity of information seeking can be viewed as normative. That is, one looks at the world, with its everyday reality, as defined by the horizons of the small world, with some degree of interest, and seeks (or avoids) information within the specific context of the small world within which one lives or works. Understanding the ways in which people deal with information in the contexts of their small worlds requires a theoretical frame capable of explaining many different types of information‐related activities, including both information seeking and information avoidance, as well as all the possible activities in between these

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Journal of the Association for Information Science and TechnologyWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2001

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