Information Needs and Overload
Regarding information needs, the main idea is that social networks are just complimentary as information sources and the needs they can satisfy are not too much complex. However, they serve a strong purpose that is connecting people, letting us know about our friends and the things they want to share with us, and vice versa. As the information shared is platform dependent, the needs they can satisfy are varied in nature, but they mostly are around people, entertainment and interesting things. LinkedIn is a very interesting social network because it allows us to build a list of connections based on professional and academic relationships; it can be seen as some element which determines our online reputation, showing which colleagues we are connected to. Companies could be paying attention or start paying more and more attention to this network for recruitment. It can be a very powerful tool for them as well. Opposed to Agosto (2001) (see section 2.3.2.3), the sample interviewed was not constrained by their own knowledge, it is almost obvious that they are not as they are adults (as opposed to Agosto’s sample) and they had a very clear idea of which information need they can satisfy through social networks, as Zach (2005) put it (see section 2.3.2.3), they use their personal expertise to find information. However, there was not enough data collected to determine when they stop their information seeking process.
Information overload is a hard element to cope up with, if the Internet alone made it more difficult, social networks are not helping in diminishing this factor. They indeed bring some options to filter and hide persons’ updates, but why add someone that you will hide later? As with everything, disengaging or restricting oneself from using it is a simple solution; to have a controlled habit on how much will you use these tools. They can be time wasters and addictive, just as Parsons (2010) illustrated it (see section 2.3.2.4). As with other activities, one has to enforce self control to avoid misuse of it.
Information Needs and OverloadRegarding information needs, the main idea is that social networks are just complimentary as information sources and the needs they can satisfy are not too much complex. However, they serve a strong purpose that is connecting people, letting us know about our friends and the things they want to share with us, and vice versa. As the information shared is platform dependent, the needs they can satisfy are varied in nature, but they mostly are around people, entertainment and interesting things. LinkedIn is a very interesting social network because it allows us to build a list of connections based on professional and academic relationships; it can be seen as some element which determines our online reputation, showing which colleagues we are connected to. Companies could be paying attention or start paying more and more attention to this network for recruitment. It can be a very powerful tool for them as well. Opposed to Agosto (2001) (see section 2.3.2.3), the sample interviewed was not constrained by their own knowledge, it is almost obvious that they are not as they are adults (as opposed to Agosto’s sample) and they had a very clear idea of which information need they can satisfy through social networks, as Zach (2005) put it (see section 2.3.2.3), they use their personal expertise to find information. However, there was not enough data collected to determine when they stop their information seeking process.โอเวอร์โหลดข้อมูลเป็นองค์ประกอบยากรับมือค่า ถ้าอินเทอร์เน็ตเพียงอย่างเดียวทำให้มันยากขึ้น สังคมเครือข่ายจะไม่ช่วยในลดลงปัจจัยนี้ พวกเขานำตัวกรอง และซ่อนการปรับปรุงของท่าน แต่ทำไมเพิ่มแน่นอนคนที่คุณจะซ่อนในภายหลัง เป็นทุกอย่าง disengaging หรือจำกัดตัวเองจากการใช้เป็นการแก้ปัญหา มีนิสัยควบคุมบนเท่าไร คุณจะใช้เครื่องมือเหล่านี้ พวกเขาสามารถ wasters เวลา และการเสพ ติด เพียงดังที่พาร์สันส์ (2010) มัน (ดูส่วน 2.3.2.4) เช่นเดียวกับกิจกรรมอื่น ๆ หนึ่งมีการบังคับควบคุมตนเองเพื่อหลีกเลี่ยงการผิดของมัน
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