Reijo Savolainen

Suomenkielinen kotisivu

D.Soc.Sc., Professor

School of Information Sciences

Information Studies and Interactive Media (INFIM)
University of Tampere

FIN-33014 University of Tampere, Finland
tel. +358-050 32 65 852

e-mail: Reijo.Savolainen@uta.fi
 

Research groups

• RIME (Research Group on Information and Media Practices)

Research interests

• Information needs and information seeking practices
• Theoretical and empirical issues of information use
• Information seeking from electronic networks
• Social and economic questions of access to information

Professional activities

• Member of the Editorial Board of Informaatiotutkimus
• Member of the Editorial Board of Information Research. An International Electronic Journal
• Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Documentation

Selected publications

2011
• Judging the quality and crediblity of information in Internet discussion forums. - Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 62(2011)7, pp. 1243-1256.
• Requesting and providing information in blogs and internet discussion forums. - Journal of Documentation 67(2011)5, pp. 863-886.
• Towards Library 2.0: the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in public libraries (co-author: Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko). - Libri 61(2011)2, pp. 87-99.
• Building an explanatory model for the formation of collaborative knowledge practices (co-authors: Heljä Franssila & Jussi Okkonen). - In: Proceedings of IFKAD 2011. 6th International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics, 15-17 June 2011. Tampere: Tampere University of Technology. Institute of Knowledge Asset Management, pp. 272-287 (CD-disc.)
• Asking and sharing information in the blogosphere: The case of slimming blogs. - Library & Information Science Research 33(2011)1, 73-79.

2010
• Avoiding health information in the context of uncertainty management (co-author: Anu Sairanen). - Information Research 15(2010)4.
• Dietary blogs as sites of informational and emotional support. - Information Research 15(2010)4.
• On the connections between information use and learning process (co-author: Jarkko Kari). - In: Practising information literacy. Bringing theories of learning, practice and information literacy together. Ed. by Annemaree Lloyd & Sanna Talja. Wagga Wagga, Australia: Charles Sturt University. Centre for Information Studies 2010, pp. 229-249.
• Source preference criteria in the context of everyday projects: relevance judgments made by prospective home buyers. - Journal of Documentation 66(2010)1, pp. 70-92.
• Everyday life information seeking. -In: Encyclopedia of library and information sciences. 3rd ed. London: Taylor & Francis, 2010, pp. 1780-1789. Online version

2009
• Interpreting informational cues: an explorative study on information use among prospective homebuyers. - Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 60(2009)11, pp. 2244-2254.
• The information needs of prospective homebuyers: an exploratory study of apartment purchases in Finland. - International Journal of Consumer Studies 33(2009)5, pp. 566-571
• Information use and information processing. Comparison of conceptualizations. - Journal of Documentation 65(2009)2, pp. 187-207.
• The behaviour/practice debate: a discussion prompted by Tom Wilson's review of Reijo Savolainen's Everyday information practices: a social phenomenological perspective. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008 (commentators: Tom D. Wilson, Michael Olsson, Mary Cavanagh, and "David").- Information Research 14(2009)2.
• Small world and information grounds as contexts of information seeking and sharing. - Library & Information Science Research 31(2009)1, pp. 38-45.
• Epistemic work and knowing in practice as conceptualizations of information use. - Information Research 14(2009)1.

2008
• Autonomous, controlled and half-hearted. Unemployed people's motivations to seek information about jobs. - Information Research 13(2008)4.
• Everyday information practices. A social phenomenological perspective. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, 2008. 232 pages. Abstract
• Designing for knowledge worker informings: an exemplar application of Sense-Making methodology (co-authors: Patricia Souto and Brenda Dervin). - In: ASIST 2008. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Columbus, Ohio, October 24-29, 2008.
• Source preferences in the context of seeking problem-specific information. - Information Processing & Management 44(2008)1, pp. 274-293.
2007
• Filtering and withdrawing: strategies for coping with information overload in everyday contexts. - Journal of Information Science 33(2007)5, pp. 611-621.
• Motives for giving information in non-work contexts and the expectations of reciprocity. The case of environmental activists. - In: ASIST 2007. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 19-24, 2007.
• Information source horizons and source preferences of environmental activists: A social phenomenological approach. - Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 58(2007)12, pp. 1709-1719.
• New premises of public library strategies in the age of globalization (co-author: Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko). - In: Advances in Library Administration and Organization. Vol. 25. Ed. by Edward D. Garten et al. Amsterdam: Elsevier 2007, pp. 61-81.
• Information behavior and information practice: reviewing the umbrella concepts of information-seeking studies. - Library Quarterly 77(2007)2, pp. 109-132.
• Media credibility and cognitive authority. The case of seeking orienting information. - Information Research 12(2007)3.
• Relationships between information seeking and context: a qualitative study of Internet searching and the goals of personal development (co-author: Jarkko Kari). - Library & Information Science Research 29(2007)1, pp. 47-69.
2006
• User-defined relevance criteria in Web searching (co-author: Jarkko Kari). - Journal of Documentation 62(2006)6, pp. 685-707.
• Spatial factors as contextual qualifiers of information seeking.- Information Research 11(2006)4.
• Information use as gap-bridging: the viewpoint of Sense-Making methodology. - Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 57(2006)8, pp. 1116-1125.
• Time as a context of information seeking. - Library & Information Science Research 28(2006)1, pp. 141-163.
• Facing and bridging gaps in Web searching (co-author: Jarkko Kari). - Information Processing & Management 42(2006)2, pp. 519-537.
• Information literacy as sociotechnical practice (co-authors: Kimmo Tuominen & Sanna Talja).- Library Quarterly 75(2005)3, pp. 329-345.
2000-2005
• Everyday life information seeking. In: Theories of information behavior. Ed. by Karen Fisher & Sanda Erdelez & Lynne McKechnie. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc., 2005, pp. 143-148.
• The social constructionist viewpoint to information practices (co-authors: Kimmo Tuominen & Sanna Talja). - In: Theories of information behavior. Ed. by Karen Fisher & Sanda Erdelez & Lynne McKechnie. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc., 2005, pp. 328-333.
• "Isms" in information science: constructivism, collectivism and constructionism (co-authors: Sanna Talja & Kimmo Tuominen). - Journal of Documentation 61(2005)1, pp. 79-101.
• Placing the Internet in information source horizons. A study of information seeking by Internet users in the context of self-development (co-author: Jarkko Kari). - Library & Information Science Research 26(2004)4, pp. 415-433.
• Enthusiastic, realistic and critical. Discourses of Internet use in the context of everyday life information seeking. - Information Research 10(2004)1.
• Field differences in the use and perceived usefulness of scholarly mailing lists (co-authors: Sanna Talja & Hanni Maula).- Information Research 10(2004)1.
• Conceptions of the Internet in everyday life information seeking (co-author:Jarkko Kari). - Journal of Information Science 30(2004)3, pp. 219-226.
• Transformation in government, politics and society: conceptual framework and introduction (co-author: Matti Mälkiä).- In: eTransformation in governance. New directions in e-government and politics. Ed. by Matti Mälkiä & Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko & Reijo Savolainen.- Hershey. Philadelphia: Idea Group Publishing 2004, pp. 1-21.
• Toward a contextual model of information seeking on the Web (co-author: Jarkko Kari). - The New Review of Information Behaviour Research, vol. 4, 2003, pp. 155-175.
• Multiperspective digital libraries: the implications of constructionism for the development of digital libraries (co-authors: Kimmo Tuominen and Sanna Talja). - Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 54(2003)6, pp. 561-569.
• Competency in network use as a resource for citizenship: implications for the digital divide (co-author: Pirkko Jääskeläinen).Information Research 8(2003)3.
• Discourse, cognition and reality: toward a social onstructionist metatheory for library and information science (co-authors: Kimmo Tuominen and Sanna Talja). - In: Emerging frameworks and methods. CoLIS4. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science, Seattle, WA, USA, July 21-25, 2002. Ed. by Harry Bruce & al. Greenwood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited 2002, pp 271-283.
• Network competence and information seeking on the Internet: from definitions towards a social cognitive model. - Journal of Documentation 58(2002)2, pp. 211-226.
• Living encyclopedia or idle talk? Seeking and providing consumer information in an Internet newsgroup. - Library and Information Science Research 23(2001)1, pp. 67-90.
• Information society competencies of managers: conceptual considerations (co-authors: Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko & Leena Lintilä). - In: In search for a human-centred information society. Ed. by Eero Pantzar & Reijo Savolainen & Päivi Tynjälä. - Tampere: Tampere University Press 2001, pp. 27-56. (Reports of the Information Research Programme of the Academy of Finland; 5).
• Incorporating small parts and gap-bridging: two metaphorical approaches to information use.- The New Review of Information Behaviour Research. Vol. 1, 2000, pp. 35-50.
• Embarking on the Internet: what motivates people? - Aslib Proceedings 52(2000)5, pp. 185-193.
1993-1999
• The role of the Internet in information seeking. Putting the networked services in context. - Information Processing & Management 35(1999)6, pp. 765-782.
• Academic capital and information seeking career. - Svensk Biblioteksforskning/ Swedish Library Research 1999:3-4, pp. 5-19.
• Seeking and using information from the Internet. The context of non-work use. - In: Exploring the contexts of information behaviour. Ed. by Tom D. Wilson & David K. Allen. London: Taylor Graham 1999, pp. 356-370.
• The Internet through Finnish eyes. Citizens«views on electronic networks. - Scandinavian Public Library Quarterly 32(1999)3, pp. 32-34.
• The communicative potentials and problems of teledemocracy co-author: Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko). - Tampere, Finland: University of Tampere Department of Local Government Studies. (Publication 6/1999).
• The use studies on electronic networks. A review of empirical research approaches and challenges for their development. - Journal of Documentation 54(1998)3, pp. 323-344.
• Social constructionist approach to the study of information use as discursive action (co-author: Kimmo Tuominen). - In: Information Seeking in Context. Proceedings of an International Conference on Research in Information Needs, Seeking and Use in Different Contexts, 14-16 August, 1996 Tampere, Finland. Ed. by Pertti Vakkari & Reijo Savolainen & Brenda Dervin. London (UK): Taylor Graham, 1997, pp. 81-96.
• Everyday life information seeking: approaching information seeking in the context of way of life. - Library & Information Science Research 17(1995)3, pp. 259-294.
• Everyday life information seeking. Findings and methodological questions of an empirical study. - In: The 1st British-Nordic Conference on Library and Information Studies, 22-24 May 1995, Copenhagen. Ed. by Micheline Hancock-Beaulieu & Niels Ole Pors. - Copenhagen: The Royal School of Librarianship 1995, pp. 313-331.
• The sense-making theory: reviewing the interests of a user-centered approach to information seeking and use. - Information Processing & Management 29(1993)1, pp. 13-28.
• The socio-economic dimensions of the charging dilemma. - In: Encyclopedia of library and information science. Vol. 52. Ed. by Allen Kent. - New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1993, pp. 322-350.

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