Users as Research Inventions: How Research Categories Perpetuate Inequities.

Dervin, Brenda

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Publication Date: 1989

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Users as Research Inventions: How Research Categories Perpetuate Inequities.

Dervin, Brenda

Journal of Communication, v39 n3 p216-32 Sum 1989

Examines traditional categories of information/communication system users. Argues that these categories lead to a view of communication systems that make "haves" and "have-nots" inevitable. Describes several alternative communication-based user categories that view users as actors within the information system. (SR)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Communication Research, Communications, Information Technology, Research Design, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Social Distribution, Use Studies, User Needs (Information), Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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