##  [Information Foraging](/information-foraging) 

  ##  [Information Foraging](https://information.quantumdictionary.io/information-foraging-0) 

  

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**Information & Communication Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

A theoretical framework that models human information-seeking behaviour using analogies from animal foraging: seekers evaluate information patches and navigation cues (‘information scent’) to maximize expected information gain per unit cost (time, effort). It is a descriptive decision model about how people locate, browse and decide when to leave a source.