Clear⋯unclear? Accurate⋯inaccurate? Objective⋯ subjective? Research⋯practice? Why polarities impede the research, practice and design of information systems and how Sense-Making Methodology attempts to bridge the gaps. Part 1

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 994-997

  Dervin, Brenda L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; communication practice; information systems; Sense Making; social science research

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE MAKING METHODOLOGY; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 77956930221     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01530.x     Document Type: Note

References (5)

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2. Dervin, B. Chaffee, S. H. (2003) Communication, A Different Kind of Horserace: Essays Honoring Richard F. Carter.
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4. Dervin, B. (1999) On studying information seeking methodologically: the implications of connecting meta-theory to method. Information Processing & Management, 35, 727 750.
5. Dervin, B. (1999) Chaos, order, and sense-making: a proposed theory for information design. In Information Design (ed. R. Jacobson pp. 35 57.