초록

본 연구는 최근 새롭게 등장한 정보탐색매체인 스마트폰을 통한 이용자들의 정보탐색행태를 탐색주제와 고려요인을 중심으로 살펴보았다. 연구를 위하여 스마트폰 이용자를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 연구 결과 단순한 사실을 제시하거나 실시간으로 요구되는 성격의 주제에 대한 탐색 빈도가 높은 것으로 확인되었으며, 웹과 모바일 정보탐색행태에서 고려되는 요인들을 스마트폰 정보탐색행태에 적용한 결과 대부분의 요인들이 스마트폰 정보탐색에서도 중요하게 고려되는 것으로 조사되었다.

Abstract

This study aims to understand the information search behavior of smart phone users. The focus is on the subjects of sought information and the factors considered by the users during information seeking process. To gather the research data, a questionnaire survey was conducted. Some of the findings include that simple facts and the real-time updated topics were searched more often than the ones requiring complicated queries. It was also found that most of the important factors found to be relevant on the Web, and mobile information use environments were equally applicable to the smart phone information seeking cases.

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Abstract

This study investigated what web users share on a health website and how the demographic characteristics of users reflect health information sharing behavior. By using a content analysis method, this study analyzed 1,042 randomly chosen messages in the discussion board of a health website. The results revealed that the health website users emotionally supported other users, provided health information, and built relationships between them. Two third of the health website users shared his/her thoughts or feelings about ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) on the health website and one fourth of the health website users connected with others who had ALS. A half of the users actively provided information as a direct response to a question. No significant differences were discerned with regard to total posting frequency by age and gender effect. However, the male users in the 50s answered questions to others more actively and tried to manage their life better than the other age groups.