Taylor's Q1 “Visceral” level of information need: What is it?

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Highlights：

• A conceptual definition of Taylor's Q1 level of “visceral” information need, which the searcher is not aware of, based in how humans intersect with the world of information.

• An operational definition of Taylor's Q1 level of information need, based on Belkin's ASK concept of information.

• The article defines the searcher's search situation using Taylor's Q4 level of her compromised information need.

• The article outlines how an information system can shift the searcher from an ineffectual transactional Q4 level state of information to a relational Q1 level of the searcher's real information need.

• Important for search engine development which offers users an effective Q1 level information need actualization method.

摘要

•A conceptual definition of Taylor's Q1 level of “visceral” information need, which the searcher is not aware of, based in how humans intersect with the world of information.•An operational definition of Taylor's Q1 level of information need, based on Belkin's ASK concept of information.•The article defines the searcher's search situation using Taylor's Q4 level of her compromised information need.•The article outlines how an information system can shift the searcher from an ineffectual transactional Q4 level state of information to a relational Q1 level of the searcher's real information need.•Important for search engine development which offers users an effective Q1 level information need actualization method.

论文关键词：Information need,Information behavior,Information seeking,Knowledge construction

论文评审过程：Received 15 January 2019, Revised 31 July 2019, Accepted 13 August 2019, Available online 20 August 2019, Version of Record 13 January 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2019.102101