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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A study of the information behaviors of African refugees

Hassan, Musa Dauda; Wolfram, Dietmar

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Title
A study of the information behaviors of African refugees
Author(s)
  • Hassan, Musa Dauda
  • Wolfram, Dietmar
Issue Date
2019-03-15
Keyword(s)
  • Information behavior
  • Information needs
  • Information seeking
  • African refugees
Date of Ingest
2019-03-22T21:34:41Z
Abstract
We provide preliminary findings of a study of the information behaviors of African refugees living in an urban area in the Midwest of the United States. Twenty-six participants completed a questionnaire of their information needs and seeking behaviors, participated in an interview regarding these behaviors and/or participated in a focus group session. Data collected from these three data sources were analyzed to better understand the challenges recently arrived African refugees en-countered. Participants' information needs centered around housing, health care, employment and education. The participants were not necessarily satisfied with the information they were able to find, and they reported initially relying heavily on their case workers as sources of information when they first arrived in the United States until they were able to establish larger networks of contacts, which expanded their information sources and behaviors.
Publisher
iSchools
Series/Report Name or Number
iConference 2019 Proceedings
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Conference Poster
Language
eng
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/103316
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21900/iconf.2019.103316
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2019 Musa Dauda Hassan and Dietmar Wolfram

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