- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About this book
From Fear to Flow explores how personality traits may influence attitude, behaviour and reaction to information. Consideration is made for individual differences in information behaviour and reasons behind individual search differences. The book reviews personality and information behaviour and discusses how personality may influence the attitude towards information. Reaction to information is examined in contexts such as everyday life, decision-making, work, studies and human-computer interaction.
- Introduces a little researched area which is current and needed in our Information Age
- Explores how personality traits may influence attitude, behaviour and reaction to information
- Provides an overview of the psychological aspects and individual differences in information seeking behaviour and examines reasons behind individual search differences other than personality
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Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of figures and tables
- About the author
- List of acronyms
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Personality
- Chapter 3: Openness to experience – the exploration dimension
- Chapter 4: Conscientiousness – the persistence dimension
- Chapter 5: Extroversion – the social dimension
- Chapter 6: Agreeableness – the trust dimension
- Chapter 7: Negative affectivity – the emotional dimension
- Chapter 8: Need for cognition
- Chapter 9: Positive emotionality
- Chapter 10: Self-efficacy and self-confidence
- Chapter 11: Locus of control
- Chapter 12: Monitoring and blunting
- Chapter 13: Uncertainty orientation
- Chapter 14: Broad scanning, fast surfing and deep diving
- Chapter 15: Discussion
- References
- Index
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