Understanding Online Information Search Practices With Search Stories

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Three
  In Roundtable Session: Critical Media, Information, and Data Literacies (Table 10)

Abstract

The pursuit of truth in an overwhelming sea of online information is a contemporary challenge. Information Literacy (IL) is a key component of digital and media literacy and has been included in school programs all over the world. Although there are several prescriptive models for teaching IL, we know little about how young people search for information online, and about what actual learning paths exist in this domain. This paper presents an innovative and ecological data collection approach, which allowed to explore and understand young people’s online search practices. Analyses conducted on a dataset of 595 search stories led to the identification of different search styles and of new avenues for effective and flexible reflective IL education.

Authors

• Chiara Beretta, SUPSI
  Presenting Author

• Loredana Addimando, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
  Non-Presenting Author

• Luca Angelo Botturi, Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana - SUPSI
  Non-Presenting Author

• Martin Hermida, Schwyz University of Teacher Education
  Non-Presenting Author

• Azza Bouleiman
  Non-Presenting Author

• Silvia Giordano
  Non-Presenting Author