Possessions and Self Extension in Digital Environments: Implications for Maintaining Personal Information

Autor/in	Cushing, Amber L.
Titel	Possessions and Self Extension in Digital Environments: Implications for Maintaining Personal Information
Quelle	(2012), (208 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-2674-1787-9
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Privacy; Information Storage; Information Management; Information Technology; Archives; Preservation; Electronic Libraries; Q Methodology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Privatsphäre; Informationsspeicherung; Procurement of information; Informationsbeschaffung; Informationstechnologie; Archivwesen; Archiv; Digitale Bibliothek; Elektronische Bibliothek
Abstract	This research explores individuals' relationships with their personal digital information through the concepts of digital possessions and self extension. Two studies were conducted. In the first study, twenty-three participants were interviewed about their definitions of digital possessions and digital legacies, and about their connections to their personal digital information. In the second study, forty-eight participants were asked to conduct three Q sorting tasks in order to gain a better understanding of their thoughts and opinions regarding self extension to digital possessions and maintaining digital possessions for a digital legacy. Findings revealed that digital possessions: (1) provide evidence about the individual, (2) represent the individual's identity, (3) are recognized by the individual as having value and, (4) provide a sense of bounded control. Self extension to digital possessions exists on a multilayered spectrum consisting of the characteristics of self extension to possessions, possession attachment, and use. Finally, participants used "archival logic" when maintaining digital possessions, preferring characteristics that describe primary and/or secondary values of digital possessions. Results have implications for the tools, strategies, and methods archival professionals use when helping people create and maintain digital legacies. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10