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Main Author: Williamson, Kirsty
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1998
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ593500
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author Williamson, Kirsty
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contents Discovered by Chance: The Role of Incidental Information Acquisition in an Ecological Model of Information Use. Williamson, Kirsty Foreign Countries Incidental Learning Information Needs Information Seeking Information Sources Information Utilization Interviews Mass Media Older Adults Printed Materials Telecommunications Discusses the role of information which is incidentally or accidentally acquired and reports on a study that investigated the information-seeking behavior of older adults, aged 60 and over, from Australia. Examines the role of telecommunications, especially the telephone; interviews that determined information needs and sources; and the mass media and printed information. Contains 46 references. (Author/LRW)
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spellingShingle Discovered by Chance: The Role of Incidental Information Acquisition in an Ecological Model of Information Use.
Williamson, Kirsty
Foreign Countries
Incidental Learning
Information Needs
Information Seeking
Information Sources
Information Utilization
Interviews
Mass Media
Older Adults
Printed Materials
Telecommunications
Discovered by Chance: The Role of Incidental Information Acquisition in an Ecological Model of Information Use. Williamson, Kirsty Foreign Countries Incidental Learning Information Needs Information Seeking Information Sources Information Utilization Interviews Mass Media Older Adults Printed Materials Telecommunications Discusses the role of information which is incidentally or accidentally acquired and reports on a study that investigated the information-seeking behavior of older adults, aged 60 and over, from Australia. Examines the role of telecommunications, especially the telephone; interviews that determined information needs and sources; and the mass media and printed information. Contains 46 references. (Author/LRW)
title Discovered by Chance: The Role of Incidental Information Acquisition in an Ecological Model of Information Use.
topic Foreign Countries
Incidental Learning
Information Needs
Information Seeking
Information Sources
Information Utilization
Interviews
Mass Media
Older Adults
Printed Materials
Telecommunications
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ593500