Exploring the contexts of information behaviour
Understanding Internet usage: a social-cognitive approach to uses and gratifications
Social Science Computer Review
Information and the Crisis Economy
Information and the Crisis Economy
On the web at home: information seeking and web searching in the home environment
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology - Part I: Information seeking research
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Theories of the Information Society (International Library of Sociology)
Theories of the Information Society (International Library of Sociology)
Using the taxonomy of cognitive learning to model online searching
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Context in information behavior research
Annual Review of Information Science and Technology
A typology of young people's Internet use: Implications for education
Computers & Education
Student use of electronic information services in further education
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
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Information seeking is one of the most popular online activities for young people and can provide an additional information channel, which may enhance learning. In this study, we propose and test a model that adds to the existing literature by examining the ways in which parents, schools, and friends (what we call networks of support) effect young people's online information behaviours, while at the same time taking into account young people's individual characteristics, confidence, and skills to use the Internet. Using path analysis, we demonstrate the significance of networks of support in understanding the uptake of online information seeking both directly and indirectly (through enhancing self-concept for learning and online skills). Young people who have better networks of support, particularly friends who are engaged in technology, are more likely to engage in online information seeking. While quantitative models of this nature cannot capture the complexity of individual online search practices, these findings may assist in the development of policy and practice to support young people to make the most effective use of the Internet for information seeking. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.