INFO 310 - April 22, 2004 - Model Comparison
Notes By: Egaas, Fortier, Prins

Living Life in the Round
    > Small world conceptualization
    > Social norm force private behavior to undergo public scrutiny
        - Establishment of norms directs creation of a world view
    > The world-view is played out and is predictable
    > Members do not go out of their small world to seek information unless--
    - The information is perceived as critical  
    - There is a collective expectation that the information is relevant  
    - A perception that life in the round is no longer functioning

NOTE: see "Dogville"

Theory of normative behavior
    - Social Norms
    - World-View
    - Social types
    - Information behavior

Normative behavior is that behavior which is viewed by inhabitants of a social world as most appropriate for that particular context.
    > Social norms are standards with which members of a social world comply
    > Members choose compliance and it in turn affirms what is normative
    > Their world-view is shaped by normative values
    > Social typification
    > Human information behavior is a construct in which to approach everyday reality

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