A Study of Social Media and its Influence on Teen Information Seeking Behaviors |
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| Authors: | Cherrie L Moore |
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| Institution: | School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA |
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| Abstract: | This article synthesizes seven peer-reviewed articles that investigate the varying roles of social networking sites, cyber peers, and social capital in the information seeking behavior of adolescents. The theoretical approaches of Brenda Dervin, Elfreda Chatman, and Carol Kuhlthau are instrumental in establishing the basis for the research in terms of information seeking behavior. There are three main foci of the research synthesized: information seeking behavior and information needs; maturation or development and behavioral norms; and the ideas of sociability or social capital and bridging capital. |
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| Keywords: | Behavioral norms information poverty sensemaking SNS social capital |
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