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The information behavior of a new generation : children and teens in the 21st century / edited by Jamshid Beheshti and Andrew Large.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : The Scarecrow Press, Incorporated, 2013Description: 1 online resource (x, 252 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780810885950
  • 0810885956
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The information behavior of a new generationDDC classification:
  • 027.62/6 23
LOC classification:
  • ZA3075
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Contents:
Concepts, propositions, models and theories in information behavior research / Charles Cole -- Cognitive development and information behavior / James P. Byrnes and Matthew L. Bernacki -- Information literacy / Leanne Bowler and Valerie Nesset -- Everyday life information behavior of young people / June Abbas and Denise E. Agosto -- Digital age libraries and youth : learning labs, literacy leaders, radical resources / Eliza T. Dresang -- Youth and online social networking : what do we know so far? / Denise E. Agosto and June Abbas -- Gaming and virtual environments / Giovanni Vincenti -- Everyday life information in support of enhanced quality of life for young adults with intellectual disabilities / Dana Hanson-Baldauf -- Defining the line on cyber-bullying : how youth encounter and distribute demeaning information / Shaheen Shariff -- Systems / Jamshid Beheshti and Andrew Large -- The future / Jamshid Beheshti and Andrew Large.
Summary: Has the information behviour of childen and youth changed significantly over the last two decases? This book attempts to answer this question from a variety of viewpoints. 13 rsearchers from educational psychology, computer science, education, and information studies have contributed to eleven chapters on models of infromation behavior, the cognitive development of youth, information literacy, everyday infromation behavior, cyber-bullying, gaming in virtual environments, learning labs, social networkds, intellectual disabilities, and current and future systems. Whether they are refereed to as digital natives, the google-generation, or generation M, today's youth are active consumers and avid producers of digital information. Smart phones are the new generation's communication tools, social networks are their interaction venues and virtual environments are their new playgrounds. This new digital communication era has prompted researchers from a variety of disciplines to contribute to this book on the information behavior of children and teens.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Concepts, propositions, models and theories in information behavior research / Charles Cole -- Cognitive development and information behavior / James P. Byrnes and Matthew L. Bernacki -- Information literacy / Leanne Bowler and Valerie Nesset -- Everyday life information behavior of young people / June Abbas and Denise E. Agosto -- Digital age libraries and youth : learning labs, literacy leaders, radical resources / Eliza T. Dresang -- Youth and online social networking : what do we know so far? / Denise E. Agosto and June Abbas -- Gaming and virtual environments / Giovanni Vincenti -- Everyday life information in support of enhanced quality of life for young adults with intellectual disabilities / Dana Hanson-Baldauf -- Defining the line on cyber-bullying : how youth encounter and distribute demeaning information / Shaheen Shariff -- Systems / Jamshid Beheshti and Andrew Large -- The future / Jamshid Beheshti and Andrew Large.

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Has the information behviour of childen and youth changed significantly over the last two decases? This book attempts to answer this question from a variety of viewpoints. 13 rsearchers from educational psychology, computer science, education, and information studies have contributed to eleven chapters on models of infromation behavior, the cognitive development of youth, information literacy, everyday infromation behavior, cyber-bullying, gaming in virtual environments, learning labs, social networkds, intellectual disabilities, and current and future systems. Whether they are refereed to as digital natives, the google-generation, or generation M, today's youth are active consumers and avid producers of digital information. Smart phones are the new generation's communication tools, social networks are their interaction venues and virtual environments are their new playgrounds. This new digital communication era has prompted researchers from a variety of disciplines to contribute to this book on the information behavior of children and teens.

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