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| author | Meyers, Eric M. Fisher, Karen E. Marcoux, Elizabeth |
| author_facet | Meyers, Eric M. Fisher, Karen E. Marcoux, Elizabeth Meyers, Eric M. Fisher, Karen E. Marcoux, Elizabeth |
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| contents | Making Sense of an Information World: The Everyday-Life Information Behavior of Preteens Meyers, Eric M. Fisher, Karen E. Marcoux, Elizabeth Focus Groups Access to Information Interviews Vignettes Information Seeking Barriers Preadolescents Early Adolescents Search Strategies Information Needs Information Sources Social Environment This article presents an empirically-grounded framework for mediating the everyday-life information worlds of youth aged 9-13. "Tweens" are a sandwiched population with behaviors, circumstances, and needs distinct from children and young adults. Little research has addressed their information-seeking, especially regarding nonschool contexts. Thus, empirically-based conceptual tools are needed to help professionals in mediating the complex information worlds of tweens. Guided by multiple frameworks (Dervin's sense-making, Fisher's information grounds, and Chatman's normative behavior), data were collected using the "Tween Day" technique, involving scenario-based focus groups and interviews with thirty-four youth in three distinct settings. The study aimed at understanding the situations for which tweens seek everyday information; which sources they use, and why; what social settings foster information-sharing, and how; and what factors (especially affective) promote or hinder information-seeking. Using these findings, the proposed professional service framework contains five descriptive principles for mediating everyday-life information-seeking and information use by tweens. |
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| spellingShingle | Making Sense of an Information World: The Everyday-Life Information Behavior of Preteens Meyers, Eric M. Fisher, Karen E. Marcoux, Elizabeth Focus Groups Access to Information Interviews Vignettes Information Seeking Barriers Preadolescents Early Adolescents Search Strategies Information Needs Information Sources Social Environment Making Sense of an Information World: The Everyday-Life Information Behavior of Preteens Meyers, Eric M. Fisher, Karen E. Marcoux, Elizabeth Focus Groups Access to Information Interviews Vignettes Information Seeking Barriers Preadolescents Early Adolescents Search Strategies Information Needs Information Sources Social Environment This article presents an empirically-grounded framework for mediating the everyday-life information worlds of youth aged 9-13. "Tweens" are a sandwiched population with behaviors, circumstances, and needs distinct from children and young adults. Little research has addressed their information-seeking, especially regarding nonschool contexts. Thus, empirically-based conceptual tools are needed to help professionals in mediating the complex information worlds of tweens. Guided by multiple frameworks (Dervin's sense-making, Fisher's information grounds, and Chatman's normative behavior), data were collected using the "Tween Day" technique, involving scenario-based focus groups and interviews with thirty-four youth in three distinct settings. The study aimed at understanding the situations for which tweens seek everyday information; which sources they use, and why; what social settings foster information-sharing, and how; and what factors (especially affective) promote or hinder information-seeking. Using these findings, the proposed professional service framework contains five descriptive principles for mediating everyday-life information-seeking and information use by tweens. |
| title | Making Sense of an Information World: The Everyday-Life Information Behavior of Preteens |
| topic | Focus Groups Access to Information Interviews Vignettes Information Seeking Barriers Preadolescents Early Adolescents Search Strategies Information Needs Information Sources Social Environment |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ858570 |