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Personal anticipated information need

Buzz Marketing for Technology

We have known for some time that individuals engage in valuations of their investment in various forms of information behaviour. Observing and generalizing a concept of information need which exists in an individuals head as an inner motivational state is a challenge ( Grunig 1989 ; see Case 2002 : 65). Belkin et al.

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Get Your Social Media Story Straight | Blogging and Content.

Convince & Convert

I got hooked on the Star Tribune Twolves message board in 2002 and haven’t looked back. In a world where company employees from Legos reward their most die hard fans by engaging with them in their online communities, what better vertical to do something similar than with professional sports?

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Toward An Integrated Model of Information Seeking and Searching

Buzz Marketing for Technology

in Different Contexts, Lisbon, Portugal, September 11-13, 2002. Copyright © 2002-2003 Marcia J. We do not feel such a pressing need that we engage in an active effort to gather the information we are interested in; we are content to catch as it goes by, so to speak. University of California, Los Angeles. mjbates@ucla.edu.

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Towards a Theory of Digital Literacy: Three Scenarios for the Next Steps

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1997 ; Lanham, 1995; Pool, 1997 ), which is presented as a special kind of mindset that enables users to perform intuitively in digital environments, and to easily and effectively access the wide range of knowledge embedded in these environments ( Gilster, 1997 ; Tapscott, 1998 ; Eshet-Alkalai, 2004 ; 2005 ). 2002 ; Swan et al.,

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eLearning & Deliberative Moments: The present and future of Personal Learning Environments (PLE)

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Metaphorically, an individual may engage in a learning process that is either more acquisitional or participatory (Sfard, 1998). The artefacts operated upon through PLEs include the digital resources and references with which individuals wish to engage presently and perhaps recall in the future. A PLE could be implemented as a mashup.

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204: 6 ‘Ordinary’ Things That Will Grow Your Blog into Something Extraordinary

ProBlogger

My house we’ve got three boys – they’re three, six and eight, and Lego is huge and it’s often embedded into my feet late at night. I immediately knew something was happening here because I can see the engagement in the comments. Back in 2002, I started a blog. This quote pretty much sums up my own story.

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PB173: How to Use Quotes in Your Blog Content Legally and Ethically

ProBlogger

My name is Darren Rowse, and I’m the blogger behind ProBlogger.com – a blog, podcast, event, job board, series of eBooks, and a real book, too – all designed to help you as a blogger to grow your blog to create amazing content, to build community and engagement with your readers, and hopefully to make some money from your blog as well.

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