 Information†Seeking Processes as Temporal Developments: Comparison of Stage†based and Cyclic ApproachesReijo Savolainen Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 2018, vol. 69, issue 6, 787-797 Abstract: Drawing on the ideas of process philosophy, this study elaborates the nature of information†seeking process by approaching them as temporal developments. To this end, a conceptual analysis was made by comparing key models which approach information seeking as stage†based and cyclic processes. The nature of such processes was scrutinized by devoting attention to two main aspects, that is, the temporal order in which the constituents of information seeking appear during the process, and the changes occurring in the constituents. Stage†based approaches draw on linear time concept by conceptualizing such processes as sets of consecutive activities progressing toward a final point. Cyclic approaches conceptualize information†seeking processes as sets of iterative activities which may be repeated. The findings suggest that stage†based and cyclic approaches should not be opposite approaches; rather, they complement each other. However, cyclic models emphasizing the importance of feedback loops have gained more popularity in the modeling of web searching, whereas the interest in the development of stage†based approaches has decreased since the 1990s. Date: 2018 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:jinfst:v:69:y:2018:i:6:p:787-797 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article More articles in Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology from Association for Information Science & Technology |
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