Non-academic multiple source use on the Internet

Ladislao Salmerón, Y.A.K. Kammerer, Pablo Delgado

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    Abstract

    The Internet is a network that enables individuals worldwide to comfortably and instantly retrieve an unprecedented amount of information on almost any topic. Individuals commonly use the Internet for formal research activities in educational contexts (e.g., Salmerón, Strømsø, Kammerer, Stadtler, and van den Broek, in press); however, they also use it to make informed decisions and to seek knowledge and advice about personal, medical, environmental, political, and financial issues (Estabrook, Witt, and Rainie, 2007; Smith, 2009). In this chapter, we focus on the use of multiple online sources to seek information in such informal or non-academic contexts.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationHandbook of Multiple Source Use
    EditorsJason L.G Braasch, Ivar Bråten, Matthew T. McCrudden
    PublisherRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group
    Chapter17
    Pages285-302
    Number of pages18
    Edition1
    ISBN (Electronic)9781317238201
    ISBN (Print)9781138646599
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2018

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