Information Search Activities Research Articles

The impact of news media coverage on voluntary disclosure

AbstractThis study investigates whether and how firm‐specific news media coverage affects corporate voluntary disclosure. I predict that media coverage influences managers' disclosure decisions by directing investor attention toward firms and increasing investor demand for firm information. I find that managers are more likely to issue earnings guidance if their recent earnings guidance receives more media coverage. The relation between media coverage and guidance issuance is stronger for news articles that purely disseminate information quickly and are published by news outlets that target institutional investors. Consistent with my hypothesis that media coverage influences investor demand for information, I find evidence that media coverage of guidance positively relates to subsequent institutional information search activity, which in turn positively relates to future guidance issuance. Examining sources of plausibly exogenous variation in media coverage, I find further corroborative evidence of a positive relation between media coverage and earnings guidance. Overall, these analyses indicate that the news media influence managers' provision of voluntary disclosure.

Connecting sustainability and computer science curricula through website learning projects embedding different types of student-generated content

Teaching and learning methods that are related to student-generated content (SGC) seem a promising strategy for including sustainable development goals (SDGs) in education (established as a fundamental cornerstone in the achievement of these goals by the United Nations). This paper describes the inclusion of SDGs through the implementation of website learning projects, whose products are SGC where materials developed by students can be made available to other students (from the same or different courses) in Project Management subjects of the Degree in Computer Science. The method has trialled at two different universities working in a coordinated way. A total of 301 students developed these projects with which they completed the content of the subject, in addition to achieving learning with respect to the SDGs, increasing their understanding of the impact of information and communication technologies on the SDGs, and their awareness of the related problems. We also found that more learning is perceived with information search and content generation activities than with those that focus on the use of materials produced by peers. Finally, it is observed that the method has similar results in different contexts and with different groups of students.

Byzantine music in the educational and scientific space of modern Ukraine

Relevance of the research. The persistent revival of early music in the twentieth century led to a number of large and small discoveries that significantly enriched the history of European music. Byzantine music became one of the new continents that appeared on the map of European musicology in the twentieth century. The process of comprehending the millennial history of Byzantine music as an important component of European musical culture, as a musical expression of Christian culture, as a tradition that had a powerful influence on the whole of Europe is far from been completed. The revival of the Ukrainian monodic church repertoire, that we observe today, is accompanied by an active search for historical information and appropriate vocal manners and style that lead to the Greek-Byzantine tradition. Comparative studies of Byzantine and East Slavic musical manuscripts have enormous heuristic potential and open up the opportunity to represent the thousand-year history of Ukrainian music, and not be limited to its modern period.
 The purpose of our work is to analyze the controversial concepts and approaches to understanding the Byzantine church chant tradition (“Byzantium after Byzantium”, in the words of Nicolae Iorga, traditionalism versus historicism); to show the prospects of Byzantine-Slavic musicological research and the need for its actualization in Ukraine; to present the educational course “Byzantine Music: Theory and Practice”. Methodological framework. The study is based on historicaltypological and comparative research methods.
 Results and scientific novelty of the work. The experience of comprehending the Byzantine church chant tradition as an important component of European musical culture was analyzed, discussion concepts and approaches in the development of musical Byzantinology of the twentieth century were highlighted. The prospects and relevance of Byzantine-Slavic music research were shown. The necessity of studying Byzantine music in musical institutions in modern Ukraine was substantiated, the current status of development of Ukrainian musical Byzantine studies was analyzed. An educational program on Byzantine music was presented, and the range of related scientific and methodological discussion topics was outlined.

The role of @literarybase X account in fulfilling information literation needs

Background of the study: X is a social media used mainly by the public as a source of information and can fulfill its users' information needs, including the @literarybase account, which discusses literature and books. Through this, it is expected to increase information literacy skills through information search activities to meet the information needs of its users. Purpose: This study aims to determine the role of auto-base @literarybase in meeting the information literacy needs of its followers. Method: The method used is quantitative with survey techniques. Data was collected online through the distribution of Google form questionnaires to followers of the @literarybase account with a Likert scale as a measurement, and analysis was carried out descriptively. Findings: The @literarybase account has played a role in meeting the information needs and training the information literacy skills of its followers. In content gratification, the @literarybase account fulfills the needs of information sharing and information seeking. In the gratification process, the @literarybase account fulfills entertainment, pass time, escape, habit, and self-expression needs. In social gratification, the @literarybase account fulfills the information needs through social interaction. Finally, regarding technology gratification, the @literarybase account fulfills information needs in the form of relative advantage. Conclusion: The @literarybase account has played a role in meeting information needs and training information literacy skills for its account followers. However, several aspects still need to be fully met, such as the need for self-document in content gratification, the need for campaigns in process gratification, the need for status seeking in social gratification, and the need for social compliance in technology gratification.

"Infodemic's Impact on Patient Behaviour and Stroke Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Internet Searches and Clinical Data

Background and Purpose. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought attention to the quality of information the public receives and searches. The rapid and far-reaching spread of both accurate and inaccurate information about COVID-19 has been defined as an "infodemic" by the World Health Organization (WHO). Inaccurate information can lead to delays in seeking medical help, which is particularly concerning for stroke patients who require early intervention.
 Aim. The study aimed to analyse the correlation between the incidence of reperfusion therapies at a tertiary stroke centre and active searches by internet users for negative information about the condition of the healthcare system and stroke treatment possibilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic
 Methods consisted of clinical data of patients who underwent reperfusion therapies in tertiary stroke centre compared to data collected from the Internet using Google TrendsTM.
 Results. The significant decrease in reperfusion therapies conducted during first month of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been resolved. It was accompanied by a significant increase in interest in topics related to the poor epidemiological situation in the country. However, significant direct correlations between the active search for information on the Internet and the clinical characteristic of patients were not observed. 
 Conclusions: The number of stroke patients receiving the best quality treatment
 significantly decreases, at the same time period when the epidemiological situation creates an active search for negative information on the Internet. This coincidence, arguably, has no direct cause - effect relationship, although it may be presumed accurate and timely information dissemination during a pandemic, particularly for stroke patients who require urgent medical attention, could reduce health-related harm.

Aging in cyberspace: Exploring health information acquisition among older WeChat users

A growing number of older adults are using social media to acquire health information through active information search (i.e., information seeking) and routine exposure to media sources (i.e., information scanning). In China, as in other societies, social media platforms have become a mixed source of credible and unreliable health information that could impact older adults’ health self-management. Understanding factors associated with their use of social media to acquire health information is crucial for promoting smart online information practices among older adults. Against this backdrop, this study explored the association between two cognitive factors (outcome expectancy and efficacy) and two relational factors (social support and health opinion leadership) with older WeChat users’ health information seeking and scanning behaviors. We conducted a paper-and-pencil survey with 407 older adults aged 60 and above ( M = 68.54, SD = 6.21) in an eastern city in China. The results indicated that older WeChat users’ health information scanning was associated with their health status, efficacy, social support, and health opinion leadership. Additionally, their health information seeking was associated with their education, efficacy, health opinion leadership, and frequency of health information scanning. This paper concludes with discussions on the theoretical and practical implications of the findings.

The Effect of Information Exchange Activities on Literacy in Online Health Community: The Evidence from PatientsLikeMe

Online health communities (OHC) consist of individuals with shared health-related interests who exchange health-related information among themselves and for the benefit of others. Unfortunately, a notable issue within these communities is the dissemination of a substantial volume of inaccurate health information by various online health groups. Nevertheless, a dearth of research examining the impact of information-seeking activities within OHCs exists. This study aimed to examine the influence of direct and indirect health information-seeking behaviors, specifically among users diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes who have reported complications in OHC, also called claims. Employing association rule mining (ARM) techniques, user data from PatientsLikeMe were extracted to capture information on users’ reported complications subsequent to being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes (N = 6371). Subsequently, we utilized zero-inflated negative binomial regression (ZINB) to evaluate the effect of direct and indirect information search activities on false notes, including their interaction of them. The outcomes of this investigation have the potential to offer patients valuable insights regarding the reliability and trustworthiness of information derived from OHCs.

Strengthening the search for information for homemakers in situations of information overload

Information retrieval in a vital information retrieval system process learned by homemakers. Especially information relating to households. The service method implemented uses strengthening information retrieval based on interview results. The results of the interviews illustrate that the retrieval system is a series of system processes in carrying out information retrieval activities until documents or information are found based on queries so that they can meet user needs and satisfy requests for information from users. The steps in carrying out information search activities, namely: starting, chaining, browsing, differentiating, monitoring, extracting, verifying, and ending. Then to become community information, the community must be able to make changes. For example, there is progress in information, one of which is in the field of education. Strengthening is done by strengthening people's behavior towards information-seeking ways to avoid hoaxing information during an information overload.

Perilaku pencarian informasi beauty vlogger di wilayah Kabupaten Trenggalek untuk memenuhi kebutuhan informasi pada proses pembuatan konten video

The emergence of beauty vloggers is currently a trend in the world of beauty because they can influence skincare or make-up products through video content that is shared. This study intends to find out the information seeking behavior of beauty vloggers in the Trenggalek Regency area to meet information needs in the process of creating video content, as well as the obstacles faced by beauty vloggers in searching for information as an effort to meet information needs in the process of creating video content and how to overcome them. The type of approach used in this study is a qualitative descriptive approach. The data collection technique used was interviews with three beauty vloggers, observation and documentation. As well as data analysis used, namely data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The results of the study show that the information seeking behavior model used by beauty vloggers in the Trenggalek Regency area is in accordance with the theory put forward by David Ellis which is divided into 8 stages including Starting, Chaining, Browsing, Differenting, Monitoring, Extracting, Verifying, Ending via whatsapp, tick tock, instagram and google. The results of the study also show the obstacles faced by beauty vloggers which are divided into 2 factors including internal factors in the form of lack of information availability and external factors in the form of inadequate internet networks. However, the constraints from these internal factors can be handled by re-searching information, while external factors can be handled by postponing information search activities and looking for a place that has network access that supports it.

APPLICATION OF COMPUTER MODELING TO STREAMLINE THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

The article describes some actual issues related to computer modeling of educational processes in the context of developing information technologies and increasing use of distance learning elements. Definitions of various learning types are given: in-person, distance, interactive, collaborative. Various options of students' work are determined, such as taking notes, questioning, Case method, testing, laboratory and calculation-graphic works. Performance and evaluation criteria are defined for each of the methods. A scale for assessing the complexity of each type of work has been developed. The average integral and complex integral assessments for all criteria have been derived. As a result of comparing the average integral and complex integral assessments, it is shown that interactive learning is the most preferable among the other types of learning considered in this article. Interactive learning contributes to improving the quality of education through the possibility of interaction between participants in the learning process. The possibility of active joint search for information, its discussion, comprehension and application make the interactive learning option more productive in terms of motivation of students.

Subjective Knowledge, Perceived Ability, Motivation, and Age: A Mediated Moderation Model of Antecedents of Stock Market Investors’ Information Search

Information search is one of the major steps in the consumer purchase decision-making process and is also essential in making a sensible choice. Researchers have attempted in a variety of ways over the past few decades to explore consumers’ information search behaviour, largely for consumer goods. Today’s rapidly expanding financial services markets are also attracting researchers’ interest in investigating investors’ information search processes. Investors pursue information search activity to manage their expected return on their investment. The information search process helps them to create knowledge for better decision-making. Financial service providers are keen to understand investors’ information search process to establish client-centric advisory services. The present study focuses on exploring relationships among the antecedents of stock market investors’ pre-purchase information search behaviour. In a mediated moderation model, interrelationships between subjective knowledge perceived ability to search, and motivation to search were investigated. The role of investors’ age was also explored as a moderating variable.

How Do Dogs Behave When Presented with Situations of Different Emotional Valences?

Dogs are good models for studying behaviour and cognition as they have complex social capabilities. In the current study, we observed how human emotional valences (positive, neutral and negative) affected aspects of dogs' behaviour. We expected that dogs would exhibit more approaching behaviours in the positive condition and more signs of avoidance in the negative one. We analysed videos of 70 adult pet dogs of various breeds taken from an experiment in which one of two actors expressed an emotion and dogs could freely explore the environment for 30 s. Our results show that dogs exhibit differential behaviour when presented with different emotional valences. Two behaviours arose that might be linked to a reciprocal positive emotional state in dogs: tail raised between 90° and 180° and physical contact during sniffing. These behaviours are associated with an active search for information. In the positive conditions, dogs were more willing to explore the social environment and gather information from the actors.

Analisis Pola Perilaku Penelusuran Informasi di Kalangan Mahasiswa UINSU

Information seeking behavior is reviewed from the theory of David Ellis 1989 with six forming elements, then refined by Meho and Tibbo in 2003 with ten forming elements of information seeking behavior sequentially namely starting, chaining, browsing, monitoring, accessing, differentiating, extracting , verifying, networking and information managing. This study uses qualitative research with field research. Qualitative research is research that does not use calculations. This qualitative research emphasizes the meaning, reasoning, definition of certain situations (in certain contexts). The qualitative approach is more about the process than the end result. This study resulted that overall the informants agreed to carry out information search activities when they received assignments from their lecturers. In carrying out the information search process, they tend to use electronic sources rather than printed sources. The reason for using electronic sources (Google) in finding information is that it is easy and fast so that when compared to printed sources, they have to go to the library first if the collection of books at home is insufficient.
 Keywords: Film Search, Information Search, Information Needs

Adolescents’ Digital activity and its Correlation with Cognitive-Emotional Features, School Performance, and Social and Age Factors: Cross-Sectional Study

Background. The study of digital activity correlation with cognitive-emotional features, as well as with other parameters of adolescents’ life-activity in non-capital regions of Russian Federation remains relevant.Objective. The aim of the study is to analyze the digital activity structure in adolescents and its correlation with cognitive-emotional features, school performance and social and age factors.Methods. Participants are secondary school students of the 8th–11th grades. Digital activity was examined via online survey among adolescents. We took into account the use of social media, information search, watching videos on the Internet, using of messengers, playing games with electronic devices. Cognitive features (memory, thinking, executive functions, sensory information procession, reading and speech, understanding of emotions, decision-making) and emotional state of adolescents (anxiety) were evaluated by clinical psychologists via various tests. School performance was determined by the recent results of the school quarters/semester finished by the time of the survey. Social and age factors included regular out-of-school physical activity and family structure (complete/ incomplete).Results. We have examined 438 teenagers. 53 (12%) respondents spend more than 5 hours a day with digital devices on weekdays, 133 (30%) — on weekends, 147 (34%) — during the holidays. Structure of digital activity during weekdays (≥ 1 hour) among adolescents was the following: activity in social media prevailed (63.5% of respondents), fewer teenagers searched for information or watched videos on the Internet (47.3 and 42.9%, respectively), about a third (34.9%) played via electronic devices. Structure of digital activity changed over the weekend and during the holidays. We have revealed differences between the information search activity and the volume of short-time memory, understanding the verbal messages, and verbal-logical operations level. Adolescents with different levels of computer gaming activity have shown diversity in sensomotor reaction speed, visuospatial memorization accuracy, number of errors in high-speed reading, reading pace, and understanding text basic meaning.Conclusion. The greater time of digital activity among 8th–11th grades students is associated with negative results of cognitive activity and school performance.

Preschoolers' information search strategies: Inefficient but adaptive.

Although children's sensitivity to others' informativeness emerges early in life, their active information search becomes robustly efficient only around age 10. Young children's difficulty in asking efficient questions has often been hypothesized to be linked to their developing verbal competence and growing vocabulary. In this paper, we offer for the first time a quantitative analysis of 4- to 6-year-old children's information search competence by using a non-verbal version of the 20-questions game, to gain a more comprehensive and fair picture of their active learning abilities. Our results show that, even in this version, preschoolers performed worse than simulated random agents, requiring more queries to reach the solution. However, crucially, preschoolers performed better than the simulated random agents when isolating the extra, unnecessary queries, which are made after only one hypothesis is left. When additionally isolating all the unnecessary queries, children's performance looked on par with that of the simulated optimal agents. Our study replicates and enriches previous research, showing an increase in efficiency across the preschool-aged years, but also a general lack of optimality that seems to be fundamentally driven by children's strong tendency to make unnecessary queries, rather than by their verbal immaturity. We discuss how children's non-optimal, conservative information-search strategies may be adaptive, after all.

The Content of COVID-19 Information Searches and Vaccination Intention: An Implication for Risk Communication.

The main objective of this study was to examine the association between COVID-19 information search activities and vaccination intention. Cross-sectional data were collected using online surveys. Independent variables included COVID-19 information search on the (1) science of viral effects of COVID-19 on the body, (2) origin of COVID-19, (3) symptoms and outcomes, (4) transmission and prevention, (5) future outbreak, and (6) policies/procedures to follow. The outcome variable was vaccination intention. A multivariable regression analysis was conducted. Participants (N = 501) had a mean age of 32.44 ± 11.94 years, were 55.3% female, and 67.9% were white. Most COVID-19 information searches were on symptoms and outcomes (77.7%) and policies/procedures to follow (69.9%). Intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 was higher among participants who searched for information on the science of viral effects of COVID-19 on the body (β = 0.23, 95% CI: 0.03-0.43; P = 0.03) and policies/procedures to follow (β = 0.24, 95% CI: 0.03-0.41; P = 0.02). People who searched for information about (1) the science of viral effects of COVID-19 and (2) policies/procedures recommendations also reported higher vaccination intention. Risk communication seeking to increase vaccination should meet the consumers' information demand by prioritizing the scientific rationale for COVID-19 vaccination and by clarifying what policies/procedures are recommended.

Evaluation of student engagement through knowledge elaboration and the use of comics in Microbiology education.

Despite the many challenges faced by the sudden adaptation of the teaching-learning processes during the emergency remote teaching (ERT) imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, this period allowed the exploration of innovative educational methods. Here, we report the description and evaluation of a didactic activity designed to foster an active learning environment among Veterinary Medicine undergraduate students enrolling in Microbiology classes during the ERT period at the University of Minas Gerais. The activity consisted of initial expositive classes, followed by students' active search for information, and the execution of a report and short comics covering the topic. The activity was evaluated by a voluntary postquestionnaire. The results suggest that the students had good emotional and educational perception toward the task, and that they noticed the elaboration of the comics as the most valuable tool aiding in the retention of microbiological concepts. We conclude that the proposed strategy, specially by the incorporation of the comics, helped the meaningful learning of microbiology.

Analisis Keseimbangan Desain Interior Perpustakaan Sebagai Sarana Edukasi Siswa Pada Perpustakaan SMK Negeri 1 Trenggalek

The library of SMKN 1 Trenggalek is one of the important aspects in every academic learning activity, because it is a source of learning references. In order to make the library more attractive, the library building is arranged in such a way as to meet the needs of its users. The library space is a contributing factor to the smooth implementation of the library manager's duties. Without adequate space, library work cannot run well. This study attempts to analyze the balance of interior design of the SMKN 1 Trenggalek library as a means of educating students. The existence of this research is to find out the interior of the library and the role of the SMKN 1 Trenggalek library as a means of educating students. The research method used is descriptive qualitative through observation, interviews and documentation. The data obtained in this study include primary data and secondary data presented in narrative form. The results of this study found that the library of SMKN 1 Trenggalek applies an attractive modern concept library interior design according to the wishes of students. From this modern concept, it can be an attraction for students to visit the library to conduct knowledge and information search activities in learning at school that are not obtained in class. Hence, the practical application of the existing library interior design has played a role as a means of educating students in attracting students to always visit the library which makes the number of users increase and the library can function at its best.

CEO Family-to-work Enrichment, Information Search, and Organizational Ambidexterity

How do CEOs’ personal experiences outside the work domain affect organizational ambidexterity? Our study explores the underlying mechanisms through CEO family-to-work enrichment (FWE), the degree to which family experiences improve the quality of work and affect organizational ambidexterity. We demonstrate that CEOs who experience a higher level of FWE prefer to carry out distant and persistent information search activities. Consequently, the firm is more successful in achieving organizational ambidexterity. We find strong empirical support for our hypothesis with a two-round sample of 136 CEOs from China. This study provides several theoretical and managerial implications.

COVID-19 Intensive Care-Evaluation of Public Information Sources and Current Standards of Care in German Intensive Care Units: A Cross Sectional Online Survey on Intensive Care Staff in Germany.

Backround: In February 2021, the first formal evidence and consensus-based (S3) guidelines for the inpatient treatment of patients with COVID-19 were published in Germany and have been updated twice during 2021. The aim of the present study is to re-evaluate the dissemination pathways and strategies for ICU staff (first evaluation in December 2020 when previous versions of consensus-based guidelines (S2k) were published) and question selected aspects of guideline adherence of standard care for patients with COVID-19 in the ICU. Methods: We conducted an anonymous online survey among German intensive care staff from 11 October 2021 to 11 November 2021. We distributed the survey via e-mail in intensive care facilities and requested redirection to additional intensive care staff (snowball sampling). Results: There was a difference between the professional groups in the number, selection and qualitative assessment of information sources about COVID-19. Standard operating procedures were most frequently used by all occupational groups and received a high quality rating. Physicians preferred sources for active information search (e.g., medical journals), while nurses predominantly used passive consumable sources (e.g., every-day media). Despite differences in usage behaviour, the sources were rated similarly in terms of the quality of the information on COVID-19. The trusted organizations have not changed over time. The use of guidelines was frequently stated and highly recommended. The majority of the participants reported guideline-compliant treatment. Nevertheless, there were certain variations in the use of medication as well as the criteria chosen for discontinuing non-invasive ventilation (NIV) compared to guideline recommendations. Conclusions: An adequate external source of information for nursing staff is lacking, the usual sources of physicians are only appropriate for the minority of nursing staff. The self-reported use of guidelines is high.