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Schmidt, Thomas ; Wolff, Christian

Personality and Information Behavior in Web Search

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Schmidt, Thomas and Wolff, Christian (2016) Personality and Information Behavior in Web Search. In: 79th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIST 2016), Copenhagen, Denmark.

DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.37568


Abstract

In this paper, we describe a quantitative study of personality aspects and their relationship with web search information behavior. We start with introducing personality and give an overview of information behavior research concerning personality aspects. In our study of 30 participants, their personality traits were operationalized by using a version of the Big 5, the B5T, a psychometric ...

In this paper, we describe a quantitative study of personality aspects and their relationship with web search information behavior. We start with introducing personality and give an overview of information behavior research concerning personality aspects. In our study of 30 participants, their personality traits were operationalized by using a version of the Big 5, the B5T, a psychometric questionnaire that maps personality on different dimensions. The participants performed search tasks in a web context and data concerning their information behavior was collected via search logs as well as questionnaires. We show that there are selective correlations of slight and intermediate strength between the variables of information behavior and the personality dimensions. Finally, we discuss possible explanations and implications as well as new impulses for information behavior and retrieval research.



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Item typeConference or workshop item (Paper)
Journal or Publication TitleProceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
PublisherWiley
Open Access TypeDue to SHERPA/RoMEO
Volume53
Page Rangepp. 1-6
Date2016
Date of publication01 Aug 2018 06:27
InstitutionsLanguages and Literatures > Institut für Information und Medien, Sprache und Kultur (I:IMSK) > Lehrstuhl für Medieninformatik (Prof. Dr. Christian Wolff)
Informatics and Data Science > Department Human-Centered Computing > Lehrstuhl für Medieninformatik (Prof. Dr. Christian Wolff)

Languages and Literatures > Institut für Information und Medien, Sprache und Kultur (I:IMSK) > Lehrstuhl für Informationswissenschaft (Prof. Dr. Udo Kruschwitz)
Informatics and Data Science > Department Human-Centered Computing > Lehrstuhl für Informationswissenschaft (Prof. Dr. Udo Kruschwitz)
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10.1002/pra2.2016.14505301121DOI
KeywordsInformation behavior, personality, Big 5, web search, personality models
Dewey Decimal Classification000 Computer science, information & general works > 004 Computer science
000 Computer science, information & general works > 020 Library & information sciences
100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-375688
Item ID37568

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