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Affordances supporting mothers’ engagement in information-related activities through Facebook groups
University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT. (Information Practices, Social Media Studies)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0193-0766
2020 (English)In: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, ISSN 0961-0006, E-ISSN 1741-6477, p. 1-14Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Social networking sites have become indispensable information and communication tools in everyday life. This qualitative study investigated the information-related activities and affordances of a Facebook group for foreign mothers living in Sweden. Four key information activities were identified: posting, monitoring, commenting and searching. These activities show how the group members accessed the information resources embedded within the group in a variety of visible, invisible, active and passive modes. The article concludes with a discussion of how these different modes are facilitated by the affordances of visibility, accessibility, persistence and associations.

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2020. p. 1-14
Keywords [en]
Affordances, mothers information practices, information activities, information seeking, information sharing, Facebook, social network sites, social media
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Information Studies Media and Communication Studies Information Systems, Social aspects
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Library and Information Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-23507DOI: 10.1177/0961000620938106ISI: 000545114900001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85087381845OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-23507DiVA, id: diva2:1451194
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Learning, Interaction and Mediated Communication in Contemporary Society
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Swedish Research Council, 349-2006-146Available from: 2020-07-02 Created: 2020-07-02 Last updated: 2025-02-17Bibliographically approved

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