OBJECTIVES Utilizing social network analysis, this study aimed to analyze the main keywords in the literature regarding the health literacy of and the use of online health information by aged persons over 65. METHODS Medical Subject Heading keywords were extracted from articles on the PubMed database of the National Library of Medicine. For health literacy, 110 articles out of 361 were initia...

The information revolution is drastically reshaping global society and pushing the world toward information based economy. Commercial activities such as information gathering, shopping, trading, collaboration, and distribution are changing, and companies are forced to adapt their strategies. The importance of information and communication technology (ICT), especially of the Web, in the travel a...

Introduction. We explore predictors of information overload among cancer information seekers who reported having suffered from information overload. These persons were characterized by socio-demographic characteristics, health status, health information and communication environment and behavioural, cognitive, and affective cancer information seeking. Method. A secondary analysis was performed ...

The advent of the Internet-based applications into the academic settings engendered a wide range of dynamic virtual paradigms such as e-learning, e-research, and digital libraries. The networked information and e-learning processes however have brought about information overload and search anxiety to the end-users. Such phenomena created urgent needs for developing effective eliteracy scenarios...

EXTENDED ABSTRACT Many South African users do not have access to the Internet and are thus denied access to the vast amount of information that can be found there. The level of computer literacy in South Africa is also very low. This paper discusses the design and evaluation of an interactive information kiosk at our University. This information kiosk was designed in order to empower those user...

Lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are experiencing rapid changes in access to and use of new internet and digital media technologies. The purpose of this study was to better understand how younger audiences are navigating traditional and newer forms of media technologies, with particular emphasis on the skills and competencies needed to obtain, evaluate and apply health-related informa...

purpose: the similarities and the discrepancies of 2002 information literacy standards and the information literacy framework for the higher education published in 2016 were investigated in addition to introducing the new 2016 framework and its dominant basics such as sense-making theory and constructivism approach. methodology: in this context, information literacy documents including 2002 inf...