Abstract The Data Poverty Index (DPI) highlights the prevalence of information poverty in low-
income countries and the resulting global information inequality, with high-income countries …

When information practices are understood to be shaped by social context, privilege and
marginalization alternately affect not only access to, but also use of information resources. In …

In recent years, several mobile applications allowed individuals to anonymously share
information with friends and contacts, without any persistent identity marker. The functions of …

As K-pop industry has been expanded internationally, the strength of the K-pop fan
community is under the spotlight. K-pop fans (or a fandom as a community) seek to support …

Recently, Brooklyn has seen an explosion of drag culture, with dozens of performers taking
the stage in any given week. Social media plays a vital role for members of this community …

This paper documents the experiences of those living under state surveillance. We
interviewed our participants about how they lived under threat, and how it changed their …

With a growing need for usable land in urban areas, subterranean development has been
gaining attention. While construction of large underground complexes is not a new concept …

In this article, I articulate a methodology for comparative qualitative analysis of online
communities, which I refer to as networked field studies. I describe networked field studies …

Music scenes are sites of a reciprocal relationship that exists between physical spaces and
the bodies that occupy them. Music venues, as centralizing nodes within local punk scenes …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the information behaviors (IBs) of
performers and artisan/vendors in American Renaissance faires. This research is …