Research on the formation mechanism of information cocoon and individual differences among researchers based on information ecology theory
IntroductionChoosing to only retrieve and read academic information related to their own research field is conducive to researchers’ in-depth understanding of their own research issues, and also reduces the pressure of researchers’ information retrieval, but may bring about the effect of information...
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| description | IntroductionChoosing to only retrieve and read academic information related to their own research field is conducive to researchers’ in-depth understanding of their own research issues, and also reduces the pressure of researchers’ information retrieval, but may bring about the effect of information cocoon.MethodsBased on the information ecology theory, a theoretical model is built from the aspects of information people, information, information environment and information technology, and relevant data is collected through questionnaires to verify assumptions. To explore the formation path of information cocoon for scientific researchers and the differences between different types of scientific researchers. ResultsDifferent gender, education background, identity, age and team size of scientific researchers will lead to different dimensions in the process of producing information cocoon; Community influence, information homogeneity and value identification are important factors influencing the formation of information cocoon room for scientific researchers; Community influence and information homogeneity positively affect value identification. DiscussionIn the future research work, researchers should pay attention to the influence of information homogeneity, community influence and value identification. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66ab4bf0b7c44859868b276e33a150b52022-12-22T03:03:07ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-12-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10557981055798Research on the formation mechanism of information cocoon and individual differences among researchers based on information ecology theoryXiaofang YuanChunyun WangIntroductionChoosing to only retrieve and read academic information related to their own research field is conducive to researchers’ in-depth understanding of their own research issues, and also reduces the pressure of researchers’ information retrieval, but may bring about the effect of information cocoon.MethodsBased on the information ecology theory, a theoretical model is built from the aspects of information people, information, information environment and information technology, and relevant data is collected through questionnaires to verify assumptions. To explore the formation path of information cocoon for scientific researchers and the differences between different types of scientific researchers. ResultsDifferent gender, education background, identity, age and team size of scientific researchers will lead to different dimensions in the process of producing information cocoon; Community influence, information homogeneity and value identification are important factors influencing the formation of information cocoon room for scientific researchers; Community influence and information homogeneity positively affect value identification. DiscussionIn the future research work, researchers should pay attention to the influence of information homogeneity, community influence and value identification.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1055798/fullinformation cocoonformation mechanismscientific researchersinformation ecology theoryindividual differences |
| spellingShingle | Xiaofang Yuan Chunyun Wang Research on the formation mechanism of information cocoon and individual differences among researchers based on information ecology theory Frontiers in Psychology information cocoon formation mechanism scientific researchers information ecology theory individual differences |
| title | Research on the formation mechanism of information cocoon and individual differences among researchers based on information ecology theory |
| title_full | Research on the formation mechanism of information cocoon and individual differences among researchers based on information ecology theory |
| title_fullStr | Research on the formation mechanism of information cocoon and individual differences among researchers based on information ecology theory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research on the formation mechanism of information cocoon and individual differences among researchers based on information ecology theory |
| title_short | Research on the formation mechanism of information cocoon and individual differences among researchers based on information ecology theory |
| title_sort | research on the formation mechanism of information cocoon and individual differences among researchers based on information ecology theory |
| topic | information cocoon formation mechanism scientific researchers information ecology theory individual differences |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1055798/full |
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