Social media applications have encroached into all areas of our lives, and are having a major
impact on how we live, work, play, learn, socialize and vote! Social media in its various
manifestations present a golden opportunity a
nd rich environment to study information
behaviour, as much of the information (in text, image and video format) are recorded and
stored in publicly accessible repositories and on
personal devices. Yet there is a paucity of
social media research from the perspective of information behaviour.
Information behaviour
covers a wide range of user behaviour in relation to information
and information systems, including informa
tion need generation, information creation,
seeking, encountering, sharing, giving, assessmen
t, management and use. These are studied in