We are the Change that we Seek

McKay, Dana; Makri, Stephann; Lopez, Marisela Gutierrez; MacFarlane, Andrew; Missaoui, Sondess; Porlezza, Colin; Cooper, Glenda

doi:10.1145/3343413.3377975

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“…While useful for everyone, this is particularly helpful for minority groups who, by definition, are not the targets for most of the information aimed at 'the majority'. This finding has been repeated more generally, where seeking information from others like oneself was shown to be a key element in decision making (Mckay et al, 2020). For international students at the beginning of their digital journey, this article shows that it is important to have some guidance on how to navigate their new digital environment and sources of information.…”

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confidence: 69%

Mapping the contours of digital journeys: a study of international students’ social networks in Australian higher education

Chang

Gomes²,

Platt³

et al. 2021

Higher Education Research & Development

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International students' capacity to undertake a digital journey to embrace new digital resources has real life implications in terms of their ability to adjust to their new environment. This article explores links between international students' use of online social networking sites and their social networks, including drawing on digital resources beyond only those from their home country. Given the increased focus on online learning and engagement with students in higher education, there is an even greater need to examine students' digital journeys, in terms of their capacity to navigate both their academic worlds and everyday lives abroad. This article demonstrates that students continue to use a range of online sources from their home countries, even as they transition to their new lives in Australia. This has implications for the way institutions communicate with international students more broadly.

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confidence: 69%

Mapping the contours of digital journeys: a study of international students’ social networks in Australian higher education

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Gomes²,

Platt³

et al. 2021

Higher Education Research & Development

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“…This approach to self‐regulation allowed them to maintain control while in this ‘passive' mode of information absorption, without having to expend as much effort when actively seeking. Encountering leading to active seeking has been discussed in prior information behavior research (e.g., Erdelez & Makri, 2020; McKay et al 2020), but not in the context of self‐regulating information consumption.…”

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“…During times of leisurely 'respite' or 'lean-back internet,' our participants sometimes unexpectedly encountered interesting or useful Covid information. Some of these passive encounters sparked active searches to further explore or verify the information-a common way of following-up on encountered information (Erdelez and Makri, 2020;Mckay et al, 2020). Some of participants' Covid news acquisition was characterized by a reliance on passive encountering (rather than active seeking).…”

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“I Try to Find a Balance”: Investigating Strategies for Self‐Regulating Covid News Consumption

Corina

Makri

2022

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Tech

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Excessive news consumption during global crises (e.g., through regularly monitoring fast‐moving developments), can result in information fatigue and anxiety. Indeed, research has highlighted dangerous risks to mental wellbeing from “over‐consumption” of Covid‐related news. While prior research has examined how people find Covid‐related information and sometimes avoid it to prevent overwhelm, no existing studies have investigated how people leverage information seeking, encountering and avoidance (often in concert) to self‐regulate their Covid news consumption. We conducted a two‐week diary study and follow‐up interviews with 16 people. An inductive Thematic Analysis identified several strategies for self‐regulating Covid news consumption: short‐term avoidance of all Covid news, selective avoidance (e.g., of news on particular Covid topics), selective consumption of Covid news from particular sources, news perceived to be within one's control, or news likely to be of personal benefit and conscious consumption of Covid news by limiting time spent consuming it, relying on passively encountering (rather than actively seeking) it and consuming it less frequently by returning to pre‐pandemic news‐browsing routines. An understanding of Covid news self‐regulation strategies can help digital platforms that provide crisis‐related news better support people in regulating their information consumption more effectively which, in turn, can help safeguard their mental wellbeing.

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“…More specifically, this kind of design value was observed in literature discussing news media, urban planning and research and innovation. In news media, the topical democratic role of media pluralism encourages designing for serendipity to support reflection on viewpoint formation and fight filter bubbles and echo chambers (Maccatrozzo, 2012; McKay et al. , 2020; Reviglio, 2019b).…”

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Designing for serendipity: a means or an end?

Smets

2022

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PurposeThis article aims to gain a better understanding of the reasons why serendipity is designed for in different kinds of environments. Understanding these design intents sheds light on the value such designs bring to designers, in contrast to the users of the environment. In this way, the article seeks to contribute to the literature on cultivating serendipity from a designers’ point of view.Design/methodology/approachAn extensive review of the literature discussing designing for serendipity was conducted to elicit the different motivations to design for serendipity. Based on these findings and a thorough analysis, a typology of design intents for serendipity is presented.FindingsThe article puts forward four intents to design for serendipity: serendipity as an ideal, common good, mediator and feature. It also highlights that the current academic discourse puts a strong emphasis on two of them. It is argued that this academic abstraction could be problematic for how we deal with designs for serendipity, both in theory and practice.Originality/valueThe novelty of this article is that it addresses the question of why to design for serendipity from a designer’s point of view. By introducing the notion of directionality it opens up the opportunity to discuss serendipity from multiple perspectives, which contributes to gaining a firmer understanding of serendipity. It allows to more explicitly formulate the different functions of a design for serendipity and thereby expands our knowledge on the value of designing for serendipity. At the same time, it sheds light on the potential threats to designing for serendipity.

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We are the Change that we Seek

Cited by 22 publications

References 37 publications

Mapping the contours of digital journeys: a study of international students’ social networks in Australian higher education

Mapping the contours of digital journeys: a study of international students’ social networks in Australian higher education

“I Try to Find a Balance”: Investigating Strategies for Self‐Regulating Covid News Consumption

Designing for serendipity: a means or an end?

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