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Death of the user: Reconceptualizing subjects, objects, and their relations

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The article explains why the concept of the user in Library and Information Science (LIS) user studies and information seeking behavior is theoretically inadequate and it proposes a reconceptualization of subjects, objects, and their relations according to a model of ‘double mediation.’ Formal causation (affordances) is suggested as a substitute for mechanistic causation. The notion of ‘affective causation’ is introduced. The works of several psychoanalysts and continental and Anglo‐American philosophers are used as tools to develop the model.

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  • Ronald E. Day, 2011. "Death of the user: Reconceptualizing subjects, objects, and their relations," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 62(1), pages 78-88, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamist:v:62:y:2011:i:1:p:78-88
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.21422
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    1. Pierre Pluye & Roland Grad & Carol Repchinsky & Barbara Jovaisas & Janique Johnson-Lafleur & Marie-Eve Carrier & Vera Granikov & Barbara Farrell & Charo Rodriguez & Gillian Bartlett & Carmen Loiselle , 2013. "Four levels of outcomes of information-seeking: A mixed methods study in primary health care," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 64(1), pages 108-125, January.

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