The information experience of going mobile for health and wellness: A grounded theory study
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Julie Lee Thesis
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This qualitative study investigated the nature of people's everyday information experience in using mobile devices for health and wellness. Participants discussed how they use their mobile devices (such as smartphones, tablet computers and wearable technologies) for everyday self-care rather than institutional healthcare. The constructivist grounded theory developed through this study titled Going mobile for health and wellness consists of five interrelated categories of experience: Knowing myself; Feeling connected; Facing uncertainty; Doing my own research; and Motivating myself. The findings present an unconventional yet faithful view of information as experienced by participants beyond the traditional notions of information seeking and retrieval.
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| ID Code: | 132726 |
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| Item Type: | QUT Thesis (PhD) |
| Supervisor: | Partridge, Helen & Davis, Kate |
| Additional Information: | Executive Dean’s Commendation for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award |
| Keywords: | Information experience, information research, everyday life information experience, mobile device, mobile use, health and wellness, consumer health, qualitative research, constructivist grounded theory, library and information science, EDCA |
| DOI: | 10.5204/thesis.eprints.132726 |
| Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Science & Engineering Faculty Current > Schools > School of Information Systems |
| Institution: | Queensland University of Technology |
| Deposited On: | 03 Oct 2019 05:56 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Dec 2020 02:45 |
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