Teenage pupils’ searching for information on the Internet
Study details
| Year: | Not reported |
| Scope: | Other |
| Countries: | Sweden |
| Methodology: | Other |
| Methods of data collection: | Other |
| Other Methodology: | Performance test; screen recordings |
| Researched Groups: | Children |
| Children Ages: | Adolescents (14-18 Years old) |
| Funder: | The Swedish Internet Foundation (Internetstiftelsen); Karlstad University |
| Funder Types: | Foundation; University |
| Consents: | Consent obtained from parents; Consent obtained from children; Consent obtained from school officials / principal |
| Informed Consent: | Consent obtained |
| Ethics: | Ethical considerations not mentioned |
| URL: | http://www.informationr.net/ir/24-1/isic2018/isic1822.html |
| Data Set Availability: | Not mentioned |
Goals
"[T]o study how Swedish teenagers, in their last year of compulsory school, carry out different information searching tasks on the Internet, by using van Deursen’s et al. (2011) test, revised for a Swedish context." (Author, in Introduction)