Abstract
The explosion of Internet-based socio-cultural subcontexts and the possibility, horizontally distributed, of handling information on the Net, are transforming information retrieval in a key topic for psychosocial research. However, describing and analyzing how a huge and complex topic can be discussed in the Net and how people's behaviors and attitudes can be influenced by this discussion, is a very complicated task. The aim of this chapter, is both to point out the limits of traditional approaches to the analysis of information retrieval in complex Internet-based domains, and to propose some advice for a cultural approach to the Net. In particular, starting from the analysis of a specific health care domain-drug abuse-the chapter will try to identify some guidelines for the study of these issues.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics |
Pages | 83-85 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Volume | 70 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2000 |
Event | 8th Annual Meeting of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, MMVR 2000 - Newport Beach, CA, United States Duration: Jan 27 2000 → Jan 30 2000 |
Other
Other | 8th Annual Meeting of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, MMVR 2000 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Newport Beach, CA |
Period | 1/27/00 → 1/30/00 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biomedical Engineering
- Health Informatics
- Health Information Management