Affordances supporting mothers’ engagement in information-related activities through Facebook groups [Elektronisk resurs]

• Social networking sites have become indispensable information and communication tools in everyday life. This qualitative study investigated the information-related activities and affordances of a Facebook group for foreign mothers living in Sweden. Four key information activities were identified: posting, monitoring, commenting and searching. These activities show how the group members accessed the information resources embedded within the group in a variety of visible, invisible, active and passive modes. The article concludes with a discussion of how these different modes are facilitated by the affordances of visibility, accessibility, persistence and associations. 

Ämnesord

Social Sciences  (hsv)

Media and Communications  (hsv)

Information Studies  (hsv)

Samhällsvetenskap  (hsv)

Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap  (hsv)

Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap  (hsv)

Communication Studies  (hsv)

Kommunikationsvetenskap  (hsv)

Information Systems, Social aspects  (hsv)

Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning  (hsv)

Library and Information Science  (hb)

Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap  (hb)

Genre

government publication  (marcgt)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Affordances

mothers information practices

information activities

information seeking

information sharing

Facebook

social network sites

social media