Exploring the contexts of information behaviour
Seeking and using information from the Internet: the context of non-work use
Exploring the contexts of information behaviour
The production of ‘context’ in information seeking research: a metatheoretical view
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal - Special issue on Information Seeking In Context (ISIC)
The role of the internet in information seeking: putting the networked services in context
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal - Special issue on Information Seeking In Context (ISIC)
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal - Special issue on Information Seeking In Context (ISIC)
Internet and American Democracy
Internet and American Democracy
Digital Divide?: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide
Digital Divide?: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide
The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
Who participates and why?: an analysis of citizens on the internet and the mass public
Social Science Computer Review - E-government
Social Consequences of Internet Use: Access, Involvement, and Interaction
Social Consequences of Internet Use: Access, Involvement, and Interaction
On contexts of information seeking
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
From two-step flow to the internet: the changing array of sources for genetics information seeking
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology - Part I: Information seeking research
Computers, Phones, and the Internet: Domesticating Information Technology (Human Technology Interaction)
Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, and Participation
Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, and Participation
Context in information behavior research
Annual Review of Information Science and Technology
Identifying Motivations for the Use of Commercial Web Sites
Information Resources Management Journal
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
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This article explores the Internet as a resource for political information and communication in March 2003, when American troops were first sent to Iraq, offering us a unique setting of political context, information use, and technology. Employing a national survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life project, we examine the political information behavior of the Internet respondents through an exploratory factor analysis; analyze the effects of personal demographic attributes and political attitudes, traditional and new media use, and technology on online behavior through multiple regression analysis; and assess the online political information and communication behavior of supporters and dissenters of the Iraq War. The factor analysis suggests four factors: activism, support, information seeking, and communication. The regression analysis indicates that gender, political attitudes and beliefs, motivation, traditional media consumption, perceptions of bias in the media, and computer experience and use predict online political information behavior, although the effects of these variables differ for the four factors. The information and communication behavior of supporters and dissenters of the Iraq War differed significantly. We conclude with a brief discussion of the value of “interdisciplinary poaching” for advancing the study of Internet information practices. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.