Abstract
As part of an ongoing project, this paper investigates LGBTQ+ individuals’ information behaviour in online communities. Drawing on the perspective of Relationship Motivation Theory (RMT), this study focused on the relatedness needs expressed by LGBTQ+ individuals that motivated them to seek and share information in online communities. Through a deductive thematic analysis of 156 posts to an LGBTQ+ online forum, our analysis reveals three main categories of relatedness needs: needs around being cared about, needs around caring for others and needs to build and maintain relationships. Implications for system design that better afford LGBTQ+ individuals’ needs for relatedness are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | CHIIR '21 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 2021 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Pages | 291-294 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450380553 |
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| Publication status | Published - 14 Mar 2021 |
| Event | 6th ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval: CHIIR 2021 - Online Duration: 14 Mar 2021 → 19 Mar 2021 https://acm-chiir.github.io/chiir2021/ https://acm-chiir.github.io/chiir2021/img/CHIIR%202021%20detailed%20schedule.pdf (Schedule) |
Conference
| Conference | 6th ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval |
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| Period | 14/03/21 → 19/03/21 |
| Other | Welcome to the sixth ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR) (pronounced “cheer”), which will take place on 14–19 March, 2021 (online). CHIIR provides a forum for the dissemination and discussion of research on the user-centered aspects of information interaction and information retrieval. CHIIR focuses on elements such as human involvement in search activities, and information seeking and use in context. The conference represents a merger of two successful past events: the Information Interaction in Context conference (IIiX) and the Human Computer Information Retrieval symposium (HCIR). |
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