From way across the sea: Information overload and international students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Shanton Chang; Dana McKay; Nadia Caidi; Antonette Mendoza; Catherine Gomes; Cansu Ekmekcioglu

doi:10.1002/pra2.289

From way across the sea: Information overload and international students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Proc Assoc Inf Sci Technol. 2020;57(1):e289. doi: 10.1002/pra2.289. Epub 2020 Oct 22.

Authors

Shanton Chang¹, Dana McKay¹, Nadia Caidi², Antonette Mendoza¹, Catherine Gomes³, Cansu Ekmekcioglu²

Affiliations

¹ The University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia.
² The University of Toronto Toronto Canada.
³ RMIT University Melbourne Victoria Australia.

Abstract

This panel examines the interaction between being a transient migrant, using international students as a salient example, and information behaviors in a time of COVID-19. We address issues such as information overload, selection of information sources, and social networking. The aim of this panel is to bring together interested researchers in the areas of information practices, higher education, and intercultural communication.

Keywords: digital journeys; information behavior; information overload; international students.

83rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology October 25‐29, 2020. Author(s) retain copyright, but ASIS&T receives an exclusive publication license.