Information Seeking Behaviour of the Adolescents with Reference to Sexual Information

被引:2
作者
Fauzi, Nur Fadhilah Binti Muhamed [1 ]
Abd Kadir, Razilan [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Teknol MARA, Kampus Puncak Perdana, Shah Alam 40150, Malaysia
来源
2ND GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (GCBSS-2015) ON MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON MANAGEMENT AND SOCIETY | 2015年 / 211卷
关键词
Information seeking behaviour; adolescents; sexual information; sex education; sexual curiosity;
D O I
10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.169
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Information seeking behavior of the adolescents with reference to sexual information will be identified in this paper. This paper also explores the preferred source of information used by the adolescents and their needs of the information on the sexual information. Differences among demographic characteristics regarding sources of information also analyzed with the type of information accessed, the need of information and the behavior of information seeking. Furthermore, this paper will contribute the findings for the information professionals especially library to understand more on the information needs and information seeking behaviour of their user. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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页码:790 / 795
页数:6
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