Exploring Farmers' Information Seeking Behavior from the Perspectives of Information Channels
This study used an in-depth interview and information horizon maps to investigate information seeking behavior of 15 farmers in Central Taiwan. The results show that increased work roles led to more categories of information needed by farmers. Six types of information sources were used by farmers to...
Main Authors: | Yu-Wei Chang, Jhih-Ling Shao |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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National Taiwan University
2017-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Library and Information Studies |
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Online Access: | https://jlis.lis.ntu.edu.tw/files/journal/j45-4.pdf |
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