Smartphones and online search: shifting frames in the everyday life of young people

IF 1.6 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Information and Learning Sciences Pub Date : 2022-06-23 DOI:10.1108/ils-03-2022-0025

C. Andersson

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Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of smartphones among young people in everyday life, focusing on the activity of online search. This paper addresses the following research questions: What framings of the smartphone can be identified in the way that young people use, and describe, smartphones? What is the role of online search within these framings? By elucidating framings of the smartphone, this paper also seeks to discuss why and how smartphone use becomes contested in various contexts and situations. Design/methodology/approach The material has been produced through ethnographic fieldwork. Focus groups and observations have been carried out with teenagers, age 13–16 years, in three schools in Sweden. In total, 39 pupils participated in the focus groups. Interviews, classroom observations and go-alongs have also been performed. Findings In this study, three framings of the smartphone are identified: the entertainment framing, the easy-access framing and the challenging co-presence framing. The framings highlight the way that both the smartphone and online search is viewed, and carried out, in various situations. The smartphone is primarily viewed as a tool for entertainment, by adults and young people alike, yet the findings illustrate that the smartphone is used for more activates than what is immediately apparent. Research limitations/implications This study contributes to the field interested in bridging the gap between in-school teachings of information literacies and out-of-school activities by showing how online search happens in various situations. Also, to the field concerned with people’s use of general web search engines in everyday life. Originality/value This paper explores the relation between online search and smartphones, a topic which has not been in focus in previous research. The topics of online search and smartphone use have primarily been researched separately but are here researched in conjunction.

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智能手机和在线搜索:年轻人日常生活中的变化框架

本文的目的是调查智能手机在年轻人日常生活中的作用，重点关注在线搜索的活动。本文解决了以下研究问题:智能手机的哪些框架可以通过年轻人使用和描述智能手机的方式来识别?在这些框架中，在线搜索的角色是什么?通过阐明智能手机的框架，本文还试图讨论智能手机的使用为什么以及如何在各种背景和情况下变得有争议。设计/方法/方法本材料是通过民族志田野调查编制的。在瑞典的三所学校对13-16岁的青少年进行了焦点小组和观察。总共有39名学生参加了焦点小组。访谈，课堂观察和同行也进行了。本研究确定了智能手机的三种框架:娱乐框架，易于访问框架和具有挑战性的共同存在框架。这些框架突出了智能手机和在线搜索在各种情况下的查看和执行方式。无论是成年人还是年轻人，智能手机主要被视为一种娱乐工具，但研究结果表明，智能手机的用途比表面上看起来的要多。研究局限/启示本研究通过展示在线搜索如何在各种情况下发生，有助于弥合校内信息素养教学与校外活动之间的差距。同时，关注人们在日常生活中对一般网络搜索引擎的使用。原创性/价值本文探讨了在线搜索和智能手机之间的关系，这是一个在以前的研究中没有得到关注的话题。在线搜索和智能手机使用的主题主要是分开研究的，但在这里是一起研究的。

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Information and Learning Sciences INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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9.50

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2.90%

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期刊介绍： Information and Learning Sciences advances inter-disciplinary research that explores scholarly intersections shared within 2 key fields: information science and the learning sciences / education sciences. The journal provides a publication venue for work that strengthens our scholarly understanding of human inquiry and learning phenomena, especially as they relate to design and uses of information and e-learning systems innovations.