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Everyday information : the evolution of information seeking in America / edited by William Aspray and Barbara M. Hayes.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information behavior--United States--Case studies.
- Information behavior.
- Information society--United States--History--Case studies.
- Information society.
- Human information processing--History--Case studies.
- Human information processing.
- Information retrieval--United States--History--Case studies.
- Information retrieval.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (366 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An intimate, everyday perspective on information-seeking behavior, reaching into the social context of American history and American homes.
- Contents:
- 100 years of car buying / William Aspray
- Informed giving : information on philanthropy in everyday life / Barbara Hayes
- Airline travel : a history of information seeking behavior by leisure and business passengers / Rachel Little, Cecelia Williams, and Jeffrey Yost
- Genealogy as a hobby / James Cortada
- Sports fans and their information gathering habits : how media technologies have brought fans closer to their teams over time / Jameson Otto, Sara Metz, and Nathan Ensmenger
- Information in the hobby of gourmet cooking : four contexts / Jenna Hartel
- The transformation of public information in the United States / Gary Chapman and Angela Newell
- Active readership : the case of the American comic reader / George Royer, Beth Nettels, and William Aspray
- Information exchange and relationship maintenance among American youth : the case of text messaging / Arturo Longoria, Gesse Stark-Smith, and Barbara Hayes.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-11919-6
- 9786613119193
- 0-262-29573-3
- OCLC:
- 727951561
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