Everyday information : the evolution of information seeking in America /

An intimate, everyday perspective on information-seeking behavior, reaching into the social context of American history and American homes.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Aspray, William, Hayes, Barbara M., 1955-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
Subjects:	Information behavior > United States > Case studies. Information society > United States > History > Case studies. Human information processing > History > Case studies. Information retrieval > United States > History > Case studies. Electronic books. Case studies.
Online Access:	Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

One hundred years of car buying / William Aspray
Informed giving : information on philanthropy in everyday life / Barbara M. Hayes
Airline travel : a history of information-seeking behavior by leisure and business passengers / Rachel D. Little, Cecelia D. Williams, and Jeffrey R. Yost
Genealogy as a hobby / James W. 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 comics 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 M. Hayes.

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