ABSTRACT
The theory of information worlds-created to provide a framework by which to simultaneously examine information behavior at both the immediate and broader social levels-is the result of trying to bridge the canyonesque gaps between the ways information is viewed in terms of small social units and the ways it is viewed in larger societal and political processes. Since information and accompanying information technologies underlie virtually every aspect of life in technologically advanced societies, the failure thus far to make stronger theoretical connections between information behavior in the various levels of society is utterly perplexing.
