Everyday Information Practices: A Social Phenomenological Perspective

Everyday Information Practices: A Social Phenomenological Perspective

Everyday Information Practices draws on interviews with environmental activists and unemployed people during 2005 and 2006, exploring the practices of information seeking by focusing on the ways in which the participants monitored everyday events and sought information to solve specific problems. The book shows that everyday information seeking practices tend to be oriented by the principle of _good enough._ Overall, the role of routines and habits is more significant than has earlier been assumed. Thus, everyday information seeking practices tend to change quite slowly. “An interesting read.... Everyday Information Practice is recommended....It is a welcome addition to the field of information-seeking behaviors.” ― College & Research Libraries “A thoughtful new book...useful...Attention to detail and thoughtful consideration of multidisciplinary theory...of greatest interest to those who research and teach in related areas, and to doctoral students interested in this work.” ― Library & Information Science Research “Aiming to fill a gap in the literature with a 'general book about the every-day information practices characteristic of our time,' Savolainene explores what it is that drives people to seek, use, and share information in their daily lives....The book includes extensive notes. Overall, an engaging read on a seemingly mundane topic. Recommended.” ― Choice Reviews Reijo Savolainen is Professor at the Department of Information Studies, University of Tampere, Finland. Used Book in Good Condition