Qualitative Analysis of Visual Data in Information Behavior Research

• Autorzy: Cisek Sabina , Krakowska Monika

Warianty tytułu

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Jakościowa analiza danych wizualnych w badaniach zachowań informacyjnych

• Języki publikacji: EN PL

Abstrakty

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PURPOSE/THESIS: The paper contains a methodological reflection on qualitative analysis of visual empirical data as a research procedure in the contemporary human information behavior research. The possibility of implementing this approach has been tested on a case study of personalized information spaces in everyday life of undergraduate information management students in the academic year 2018/2019. APPROACH/METHODS: The reported research employs the realist epistemological stance, qualitative and descriptive approaches, and four methods/techniques: critical literature review, case study, drawing as a mental mapping tool, and thematic analysis. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Visual data analysis is cognitively fruitful; it enables grasping the multidimensional “information reality” as perceived by the users (the humanistic coefficient). However, it is time-consuming, it requires meticulousness and self-reflection on the part of the researcher; it must also leave a clear audit trail to assure credibility and intersubjective verifiability of investigations. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The article is concerned with innovative research procedures, rarely discussed in Polish information science literature. Combining visual approach with individual information spaces, it corresponds to the latest methodological and topical trends in the field of information behavior. It also links theoretical reflection with the research practice.

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CEL/TEZA: Artykuł zawiera metodologiczną refleksję nad jakościową analizą wizualnych danych empirycznych jako procedurą poznawczą we współczesnych badaniach zachowań informacyjnych. Możliwość wdrożenia takiego podejścia została zweryfikowana na podstawie studium przypadku spersonalizowanych przestrzeni informacyjnych w życiu codziennym studentów pierwszego roku zarządzania informacją w roku akademickim 2018/2019. KONCEPCJA/METODY BADAŃ: W dociekaniach zastosowano realistyczne stanowisko epistemologiczne, podejście jakościowe i opisowe oraz cztery metody/techniki badawcze: analizę i krytykę piśmiennictwa, studium przypadku, rysunek jako narzędzie mapowania mentalnego i analizę tematyczną. WYNIKI I WNIOSKI: Analiza danych wizualnych jest owocna poznawczo, umożliwia uchwycenie wielowymiarowej „rzeczywistości informacyjnej”, tak jak postrzegają ją użytkownicy (współczynnik humanistyczny). Jest jednak procedurą czasochłonną, wymagającą skrupulatności, solidnej autorefleksji badacza oraz pozostawienia jasno opisanej „ścieżki audytu” w celu zapewnienia wiarygodności i intersubiektywnej sprawdzalności dociekań. ORYGINALNOŚĆ/WARTOŚĆ POZNAWCZA: Artykuł skupia się na innowacyjnych procedurach badawczych, praktycznie nieomawianych w polskiej literaturze naukowej z zakresu informatologii. Integruje podejście wizualne z indywidualnymi przestrzeniami informacyjnymi, wpisując się w najnowsze trendy poznawcze w obszarze zachowań informacyjnych. Łączy również refleksję metateoretyczną z praktyką badawczą.

Słowa kluczowe

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Analiza jakościowa; Analiza tematyczna; Badania wizualne; Dane wizualne; Metodologia; Metody oparte na sztuce; Modele mentalne; Przestrzenie informacyjne; Rysunki; Zachowania informacyjne

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Arts-based methods; Drawings; Information behavior; Information spaces; Mental models; Methodology; Qualitative analysis; Thematic analysis; Visual data; Visual research

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Bibliotekarzy Polskich i Wydział Dziennikarstwa, Informacji i Bibliologii. Uniwersytet Warszawski
• Czasopismo: Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej - Studia Informacyjne
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: 57
• Numer: 1(113)
• Strony: 7-25

Daty

otrzymano

2019-06-09

zaakceptowano

2019-07-12

Twórcy

autor

Cisek Sabina

• Faculty of Management and Social Communication Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland,

autor

Krakowska Monika

• Faculty of Management and Social Communication Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland,

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