Consumer health information searching process in real life settings
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Consumer Health Information Searching Process in Real Life Settings
Current research on consumer health information searching focuses on users’ adoption of sources or their behaviors of using a specific system. Yet, few studies take a holistic perspective to examine health information searching as a process that takes place in real life settings and the cognitive activities involved. To fill this gap, we interviewed twenty-one young consumers about their specif...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0044-7870
DOI: 10.1002/meet.14504901046