Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • harvard-cite-them-right
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Collecting and compiling: the activity of seeking pictures in primary school
University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science. (LinCS)
University of Gothenburg. (LinCS)
2012 (English)In: Journal of Documentation, ISSN 0022-0418, E-ISSN 1758-7379, Vol. 68, no 2, p. 238-253Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose – The aim of this study is to further understanding of the situated activity of seeking pictures. It relates to an ongoing discussion on how multimodal information literacies are enacted in different social practices.

Design/methodology/approach – In order to understand the characteristics of the communication and interactions in the activity of seeking pictures, video recordings from an ethnographic study of primary school children working with problem-centred assignments have been analysed.

Findings – The analysis reveals how the activity of seeking pictures is shaped by the assumption that pictures are different from facts and information; pictures are seen primarily as having decorative functions. The activity is also characterised by playful, yet efficient cooperation between the children; they make the activity meaningful by transforming it into a play and game activity where pictures become important as physical objects, but not as a semiotic means of learning.

Research limitations/implications – The study is limited to the activity of seeking pictures in a specific primary school; however, it shows how modes other than textual modes can be included in the study of information activities.

Practical implications – The study reveals the need for developing methods for enhancing children's possibilities to critically examine and learn from visual material, such as pictures.

Originality/value – Research on information seeking and information literacies rarely focus on multimodal aspects of information activities or the seeking of pictures outside special collections, despite the increased significance of visual material in the contemporary media landscape. This paper shows how studies of multimodal information activities can be designed.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2012. Vol. 68, no 2, p. 238-253
Keywords [en]
information literacy, information seeking, multimodality, visual media
National Category
Information Studies Pedagogy
Research subject
Library and Information Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-1258DOI: 10.1108/00220411211209212ISI: 000302496500007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84857580165Local ID: 2320/10521OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-1258DiVA, id: diva2:869282
Available from: 2015-11-13 Created: 2015-11-13 Last updated: 2018-01-15Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

Lundh_Alexandersson_2012_Collecting_and_compiling(689 kB)356 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 689 kBChecksum SHA-512
1228a68fdeed8eb5fab97a563b4a1f1107a1c832256fbe1ba28057049b11d65db8d9b1a500552db5e3bb1be4f0479184a527d80f1950d98984459694e1a7f715
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

Other links

Publisher's full textScopus

Authority records

Lundh, Anna

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Lundh, Anna
By organisation
Swedish School of Library and Information Science
In the same journal
Journal of Documentation
Information StudiesPedagogy

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 356 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

doi
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

doi
urn-nbn
Total: 518 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • harvard-cite-them-right
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf