Category: Jocasta Nu’s Padawan

Jocasta Nu’s Padawan #7: A Personal Reflection on Information Communities

June 28, 2024

Taking this course has helped me gain a better understanding of information communities, their information behavior and their information needs. Through my explorations and research, I’ve learned the definition of an information community and the five characteristics that constitute one. By reviewing the assigned readings I’ve come to understand how information communities can be studied … More Jocasta Nu’s Padawan #7: A Personal Reflection on Information Communities

Jocasta Nu’s Padawan #6: The K-pop’s Community’s Use of Emerging Technologies

June 21, 2024

Infographic: The K-pop’s Community’s Use of Emerging Technologies Originally written April 17th, 2019. For this entry, I created an infographic about The K-pop Community’s Use of Emerging Technologies. Unfortunately, I’m unable to post the interactive version here (I can embed it here but then when I press update the infographic disappears so I don’t know what’s going … More Jocasta Nu’s Padawan #6: The K-pop’s Community’s Use of Emerging Technologies

Jocasta Nu’s Padawan 5: A Case of Ethics: Cyberbullying and online harassment within the K-pop Community

June 20, 2024

Ethical and legal issues exist in every information community and such is the case within the K-pop community. A major issue within the fandom is cyberbullying and online harassment. Because K-pop is a global social media driven force, it’s no surprise that the community deals with this prevalent issue. What is cyberbullying? Cyberbullying involves intentional … More Jocasta Nu’s Padawan 5: A Case of Ethics: Cyberbullying and online harassment within the K-pop Community

Jocasta Nu’s Padawan #4: A K-Pop Peer-Reviewed Article Summary

June 17, 2024

Title: “An Analysis of the Korean Wave as Transnational Popular Culture: North American Youth Engage Through Social Media as TV Becomes Obsolete” by Dal Yong Jin. Author’s Credentials: Dal Yong Jin is a media studies scholar and a professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. He earned his B.A. … More Jocasta Nu’s Padawan #4: A K-Pop Peer-Reviewed Article Summary

Jocasta Nu’s Padawan #3: The K-Pop Community’s Information Needs and Information-Seeking Behaviors

June 12, 2024

Originally written February 21st, 2019 Introduction: When discussing K-pop, it is important to note that it is one of the main aspects of Korean popular culture. Korean popular culture, aka Hallyu (Korean wave) includes Korean music, television shows, films, online games, and comics.  For many in the community, K-pop (along with K-dramas) is the entryway … More Jocasta Nu’s Padawan #3: The K-Pop Community’s Information Needs and Information-Seeking Behaviors

Jocasta Nu’s Padawan #2: Reviewing A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age

June 6, 2024

Book Review/Essay: A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age Introduction Fake news, pseudoscience, counterknowledge. These are some of the things that stand in the way of locating and retrieving reliable information. Whether we’re reading newspapers, our favorite blog, posts on Facebook, there are levels of misinformation lurking on our feeds, making … More Jocasta Nu’s Padawan #2: Reviewing A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age

Jocasta Nu’s Padawan #1: Exploring the Kpop Community

May 29, 2024

Information Seeking Communities: An Exploration of the KPop Community Originally written February 4, 2019 The information community I’ve chosen to explore is the KPop community. While I’m a part of this group, my knowledge is limited and I’m curious as to what the community’s needs are and how information is distributed throughout the community. But … More Jocasta Nu’s Padawan #1: Exploring the Kpop Community