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Abstract
Purpose
The aim of the study is to understand how meaning is assigned to online searching by viewing it as a mundane, yet often invisible, activity of everyday life and an integrated part of various social practices.
Design/methodology/approach
Searching is investigated with a sociomaterial approach with a starting point in information searching as entangled across practices and material arrangements and as a mundane part of everyday life. 21 focus groups with 127 participants have been carried out. The study focuses particularly on peoples’ experiences and meaning-making and on how these experiences and the making of meaning could be understood in the light of algorithmic shaping.
Findings
An often-invisible activity such as searching is made visible with the help of focus group discussions. An understanding of the relationship between searching and everyday life through two interrelated narratives is proposed: a search-ification of everyday life and a mundane-ification of search.
Originality/value
The study broadens the often narrow focus on searching in order to open up for a research-based discussion in information science on the role of online searching in society and everyday life.
The aim of the study is to understand how meaning is assigned to online searching by viewing it as a mundane, yet often invisible, activity of everyday life and an integrated part of various social practices.
Design/methodology/approach
Searching is investigated with a sociomaterial approach with a starting point in information searching as entangled across practices and material arrangements and as a mundane part of everyday life. 21 focus groups with 127 participants have been carried out. The study focuses particularly on peoples’ experiences and meaning-making and on how these experiences and the making of meaning could be understood in the light of algorithmic shaping.
Findings
An often-invisible activity such as searching is made visible with the help of focus group discussions. An understanding of the relationship between searching and everyday life through two interrelated narratives is proposed: a search-ification of everyday life and a mundane-ification of search.
Originality/value
The study broadens the often narrow focus on searching in order to open up for a research-based discussion in information science on the role of online searching in society and everyday life.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 224-243 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Journal of Documentation |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 Feb |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Information Studies
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- 30 Citations
- 1 Article
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Controlling the urge to search: Studying the informational texture of practices by exploring the missing element
Haider, J., 2017, In: Information Research. 22, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Digital Cultures Research Node
Enevold Duncan, J., Willim, R., Petersén, M., Kärrholm, S., Sundin, O., Andersson, C., Haider, J., Groth, S. K., Carlsson, H., Hanell, F., Snickars, P., Olsson Dahlquist, L., Olsson, T., Askander, M., Tanderup Linkis, S., Arvidson, M., Pedersen, A. H., Lundblad, K., Morrison, L. L., Hansson, K. & Persson, D.
2015/01/01 → …
Project: Network
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Searching for facts and fiction: Mobile devices and search engines in the everyday life of young people
2014/09/01 → 2020/12/30
Project: Dissertation
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Activities
- 1 Invited talk
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European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL2015)
Olof Sundin (Keynote/plenary speaker)
2015 Oct 19 → 2015 Oct 22Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk