An exploratory study of information avoidance behavior of undergraduate students in monitoring their academic goal progress

• Main Authors: Baxa, Patricia Marie L., Apolinario, Rhea Rowena U.
• Other Authors: University of the Philippines Diliman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Library and information science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154745
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background. Much of the literature on information behavior explores information seeking. Active acquisition of information is attributed to knowledge and certainty, whereas avoidance is perceived as counter to the norm of information seeking. However, information avoidance can be considered ratio...