What's the use? Measuring the frequency of studies of information outcomes

What's the use? Measuring the frequency of studies of information outcomes

Several prominent scholars suggest that investigations of human information behavior or “information needs, seeking, and uses” rarely measure how received information is applied or its effects on the recipient, that is, its outcomes. This article explores this assertion via systematic analysis of st...

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