Perception of Urban Youth and Role of Family and Friends During Everyday Information Practices: A Qualitative Study
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This study attempts to fill the research gap that exists in the role of family and friends during everyday information practices. It also seeks to explore what is urban teens' perception of the usefulness of acquired information and what factors are affecting this perception. A qualitative study was conducted and Sample was 25 Pakistani urban teenagers aged 13 – 19. The sample was chosen, as Generation Z individuals were targeted in this study. Face-to-face interviews were conducted. Thematic analysis was done using the software NVivo. It was concluded urban teenagers found to be relying upon their family networks for their everyday information practices. some parents support their children in their progress while some parents do not assist. The results showed that teens perceived that these information practices were highly important for their everyday life information needs and academic purposes. Moreover, it was found that individual, social, cultural, and economic factors affect these practice. This study will be useful for educational institutions and will guide trainers to involve family members during trainings and workshops.
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Gibbons, S. L. (2007). The academic library and the net gen student: Making the connections. American Library Association.
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Hanif, S., & Warraich, N. F. (2019). Everyday Information Practices of Pakistani Urban Teens: A Work in Progress Paper. Journal of Research Society of Pakistan, 56, 513-562.
Hanif, S., & Warraich, N. F. (2023). Role of Social Media in Managing Everyday Information: A Case Study of Urban Teens in Pakistan. Journal of Media & Communication, 3(2).
Howe, N., & Strauss, W. (2000). Millennials rising: The next great generation. New York, NY: Vintage Books.
Howard, V, & Jin, S. (2004). What are they reading? A survey of the reading habits and library usage patterns of teens in Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 28(4), 25-44.
Iftikhar, A., & Ajmal, A. (2015). A qualitative study investigating the impact of hostel life. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience, 17(2), 511-515.
Jeffery, C. P. 2021. “Parenting in the Digital Age: Between Socio-Biological and Socio-Technological Development.” New Media & Society 23 (5): 1045–1062. doi:10.1177/ 1461444820908606.
Julien, H., & Barker, S. (2009). How high-school students find and evaluate scientific information: A basis for information literacy skills development. Library & Information Research, 31(1), 12- 17.
Lilley, S.C. (2008). Information barriers and Māori secondary school students. Information Research, 13(4).
Mawby, J., Foster, A., & Ellis, D. (2015). Everyday life information seeking behaviour in relation to the environment: disposable information? Library Review.
Memon, M., Solangi, M. A., & Abro, S. (2018). Analysis of students’ satisfaction with hostel facilities: A case study. Sindh University Research Journal-SURJ (Science Series), 50(01), 95-100.
Phelan, A. (2009). The Information-seeking behavior of teenagers: an Annotated bibliography. Retrieved from
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c576/ec8f56f78fb6d61fd9f4222f1cc6fdcc8efb.pdf
Plowman, L., J. McPake, and C. Stephen. 2010. “The Technologisation of Childhood? Young Children and Technology in the Home.” Children & Society 24 (1): 63– 74. doi:10.1111/j.1099-0860.2008.00180.x.
Rodríguez-de-Dios, I., J. M. F. van Oosten, and J.-J. Igartua. 2018. “A Study of the Relationship between Parental Mediation and Adolescents’ Digital Skills, Online Risks and Online Opportunities.” Computers in Human Behavior 82: 186–198. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2018.01.012.
Savolainen, R. (1995). Everyday life information seeking: Approaching information seeking in the context of “way of life”. Library & information science research, 17(3), 259-294.
Savolainen, R. (2008). Everyday information practices: a social phenomenological perspective. Lanham: Scarecrow Press.
Savolainen, R. (2010). Everyday life information seeking. Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, 1: 1, 2735-2746.
Savolainen, R. (2019). Modeling the interplay of information seeking and information sharing. Aslib Journal of Information Management.
Savolainen, R., & Thomson, L. (2022). Assessing the theoretical potential of an expanded model for everyday information practices. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 73(4), 511-527.
Shenton, A., & Dixon, P. (2003). Just what do they want? What do they need? A study of the information needs of children. . Children and Libraries, 1, 36-42.
Williamson, K., Qayyum, A., Hider, P., & Liu, Y. H. (2012). Young adults and everyday-life information: The role of news media. Library &Information Science Research, 34(4), 258-264.