The digital age and the rapid emergence of transformative technologies have fundamentally reshaped the landscape of human knowledge, communication, and social relations. The central challenge of the information age has consequently shifted from scarcity and limited access to information toward an unprecedented abundance—an environment characterized by information overload, the exponential growth of big data, and relentless exposure to news and digital content. In this increasingly complex, fluid, and interconnected environment, Human–Information Interaction (HII) can no longer be viewed as a peripheral specialization or merely an instrumental concern within information studies. It has emerged as a foundational and inherently interdisciplinary field that provides a critical lens for rethinking the nature of cognition, knowledge, and truth in the contemporary era. HII invites us to reconsider information not as static objects stored in databases, but as dynamic and consequential forces that actively shape human cognition, decision-making, behavior, and social life.

The remarkable advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are further transforming the role of human beings within information ecosystems. Humans are increasingly moving beyond the traditional roles of data processors and information retrievers toward higher-order activities such as sense making, problem framing, and strategic judgment