Deciding Where to Live: Information Studies on Where to Live in America - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1538183609 ISBN 13 : 9781538183601

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2023

Synopsis

Deciding Where to Live: Information Studies on Where to Live in America explores major themes related to where to live in America, not only about the acquisition of a home but also the ways in which where one lives relates to one's cultural identity. It shows how changes in media and information technology are shaping both our housing choices and our understanding of the meaning of personal place. The work is written using widely accessible language but supported by a strong academic foundation from information studies and other humanities and social science disciplines.

Chapters analyze everyday information behavior related to questions about where to live. The eleven major chapters are:

Chapter 1: Where to live as an information problem: three contemporary examples Chapter 2: Turning in place: Real estate agents and the move from information custodians to information brokers Chapter 3: The Evolving Residential Real Estate Information Ecosystem: The Rise of Zillow Chapter 4: Privacy, Surveillance, and the "Smart Home" Chapter 5: This Old House, Fixer Upper, and Better Homes & Gardens: The Housing Crisis and Media Sources Chapter 6: A Community Responds to Growth: An Information Story About What Makes for a Good Place to Live." Chapter 7: The Valley Between Us: The meta-hodology of racial segregation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Chapter 8: Modeling Hope: Boundary Objects and Design Patterns in a Heartland HeterotopiaChapter 9: Home buying in Everyday Life: How Emotion and Time Pressure Shape High Stakes Deciders' Information BehaviorChapter 10: In Search of Home: Examining Information Seeking and Sources That Help African Americans Determine Where to LiveChapter 11: Where to Live in Retirement: A Complex Information Problem
While the book is partly about the goal-directed activity of individuals who want to buy a house, and the infrastructure that supports that activity, it is also about personal activities that are either not goal directed or are directed at other goals such as deciding in which geographic location to live, personal entertainment, cultural understanding, or identity formation.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Melissa G. Ocepek is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the School of Information Sciences. Her research draws on ethnographic methods and institutional ethnography to explore how individuals use information in their everyday lives. Her research interests include everyday information behavior, critical theory, and food. Dr. Ocepek has published two books that address the intersection of food, information, and culture: Food in the Internet Age and Formal and Informal Approaches to Food Policy (both with William Aspray and George Royer). Dr. Ocepek received her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin in the School of Information.

William Aspray is Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute, a research center for the study of Computing, Information, and Culture at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA. He is author or editor of more than 25 books on the history of computing, mathematics, and information.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1538183609
• ISBN 13: 9781538183601
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 342
• Éditeur: Ocepek Melissa G.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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