A quick-and-fun 5-minute madness presentation at the 2016 International Data and Information Management Conference (IDIMC) at Loughborough University.
**Winning presentation!**
2. What’s the research about?
How online information contributes to the building, maintenance,
and evaluation of personal reputations
― Personal reputation: Private individuals, rather than corporate identity and brand
Two broad research themes:
(1) The means by which people evaluate or assess the personal
reputations of others from the online evidence available to them
(2) How people manage their own personal reputations through their use
of online information, and to what extent those behaviours are intentional
3. Qualitative methods
Loose theoretical framework
drawing from many disciplines
Inspired by everyday life
information seeking (ELIS) studies
Diaries + Interviews
Sample of 45+ UK-based
participants
Gen Y, Gen X, Boomers
4. Progress and next steps
Pilot study completed
Main empirical work in progress
Data analysis
Thesis write-up
Doctor Ryan