Everyday life information seeking behaviour of urban homeless youth
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2013-03
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University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CA
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In an environment of limited access to information resources, people rely on their social networks to meet their information needs. The findings of this thesis study on homeless youth in Accra, reveal eleven categories participants identify as needing information about: shelter, employment, money, fair wages, respect, security, skills development, justice, health, and education. Preferred sources of information are primarily interpersonal. Other sources are television, radio, print media and libraries. Information seeking patterns include active and passive searching, passive attention, and a heavy reliance on a social network of friends; they tend to work in groups rather than individually.
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STREET CHILDREN, GHANA, INFORMATION NEEDS, INFORMATION SOURCES, QUALITATIVE RESEARCH