The Central Roles of Information in Health Justice, Part 1: Toward a New Field of Consumer Health Information Justice

Jean, Beth St.; Jindal, Gagan; Liao, Yuting; Jaeger, Paul T.

doi:10.33137/ijidi.v3i3.32961

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“…Some models even position people-in-situations as consumers; for example, “consumer health informatics” or “consumer health information behavior” are common terms for health information practice (e.g. St. Jean et al , 2019).…”

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The potential of feminist technoscience for advancing research in information practice

Costello

Floegel

2021

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PurposeIn this paper, we introduce feminist technoscience as an approach that will advance theory in information behavior and practice.Design/methodology/approachIn this conceptual paper, we identify four common assumptions in information behavior and information practice research that limit theory development to date. Existing models and theories tend to rely on extractive logic, focus on a person-in-situation, depend on binary definitions and assume that information interaction changes people's lives for the better. This leads to extractive ways of discussing information interactions and limits our ability to fully theorize embodiment and affect in our discipline.FindingsFeminist technoscience offers distinct ways of thinking about people, technology, bodies and power; in doing so, it responds to some perennial limitations in our research to date.Originality/valueFeminist technoscience is a robust research paradigm that has not yet been fully applied in our discipline. Assumptions in information behavior and information practice research have led to models and theories that reflect a logic of extraction and are limited in their potential for characterizing both embodiment and affect. Feminist technoscience provides a way to conduct research that challenges these assumptions and addresses these limitations.

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confidence: 99%

The potential of feminist technoscience for advancing research in information practice

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Floegel

2021

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“… 1 The response received was overwhelming. The peer-reviewed journal ended up publishing two special issues in Summer 2019, featuring articles written by Library and Information Science (LIS) scholars on such topics as: “Scenarios of Health Engagement Experiences and Health Justice in Rural Libraries,” “Health Insurance Literacy and Health Disparities in the United States,” “The Lived Experience of Work and Career Among Individuals with Bipolar Disorder,” and “Food Justice in the Public Library: Information, Resources, and Meals.” 2 So successful was the call for papers, that St. Jean and her colleagues at Maryland decided to launch a second special issue, this time in the monograph series Advances in Librarianship on the “Roles and Responsibilities of Libraries in Increasing Consumer Health Literacy and Reducing Health Disparities.” 3 The book comes out November 30, 2020.…”

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confidence: 99%