Subject positions of children in information behaviour research

• Published in: Information research Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 1 - 28
• Main Author: Lundh, Anna Hampson
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Borås University of Borås 01.09.2016; Thomas D
• Subjects: Adults; Behavioral Sciences; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; Child Behavior; Children; Children & youth; Classification; Cognitive Development; Discourse Analysis; Educational Research; Educational Sociology; Individual Characteristics; Information Behaviour; Information Science; Information Seeking; Information seeking behavior; Interpersonal Relationship; Library and Information Science; Power Structure; Technology Uses in Education

Introduction. This paper problematises how children are categorised as a specific user group within information behaviour research and discusses the implications of this categorisation. Methods. Two edited collections of papers on children's information behaviour are analysed. Analysis. The ana...