Book ID: CBB001180680

Everyday information: The evolution of information seeking in America (2011)

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Aspray, William F. (Editor)
Hayes, Barbara M. (Editor)


MIT Press


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: 359 pp.
Language: English

An intimate, everyday perspective on information-seeking behavior, reaching into the social context of American history and American homes. All day, every day, Americans seek information. We research major purchases. We check news and sports. We visit government Web sites for public information and turn to friends for advice about our everyday lives. Although the Internet influences our information-seeking behavior, we gather information from many sources: family and friends, television and radio, books and magazines, experts and community leaders. Patterns of information seeking have evolved throughout American history and are shaped by a number of forces, including war, modern media, the state of the economy, and government regulation. This book examines the evolution of information seeking in nine areas of everyday American life. Chapters offer an information perspective on car buying, from the days of the Model T to the present; philanthropic and charitable activities; airline travel and the complex layers of information available to passengers; genealogy, from the family Bible to Ancestry.com; sports statistics, as well as fantasy sports leagues and their fans' obsession with them; the multimedia universe of gourmet cooking; governmental and publicly available information; reading, sharing, and creating comics; and text messaging among young people as a way to exchange information and manage relationships. Taken together, these case studies provide a fascinating window on the importance of information in the past century of American life.

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Chapter Yost, Jeffrey R.; Little, Rachel D.; Williams, Cecilia D. (2011) Airline travel: A history of information-seeking behavior by leisure and business passengers. In: Everyday information: The evolution of information seeking in America (p. 121). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Downey, Greg
Burke, Colin
Estrin, Deborah
Agnieszka Rychwalska
Andrzej Nowak
Mark P. D. Burgess
Concepts
Information technology
Information science
Technology and society
Methods of communication; media
Information theory
Communication technology
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
United States
India
Switzerland
Europe
Institutions
Facebook (firm)
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