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Learning to Google: Understanding classed and gendered practices when young people use the Internet for research

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This article builds on existing research by examining two groups of young people, one from an elite fee-paying school and the other from a vocational college, as they engage with information on the Web about, for example, conspiracies, climate change and immigration. The data include the results of group and individual interviews, digital search terms and web (http) traffic, videos of discussions and downloads of arguments on social media. This study’s contribution is to synthesise digital me...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1177/1461444817732326

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Oxford Internet Institute
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Publisher:
SAGE Publications Publisher's website
Journal:
New Media and Society Journal website
Volume:
20
Issue:
8
Pages:
2764–2780
Publication date:
2017-09-21
Acceptance date:
2017-08-28
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EISSN:
1461-7315
ISSN:
1461-4448
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pubs:730301
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uuid:ce1cb2fc-e3a0-4c33-bc73-386d5379dffa
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pubs:730301
Source identifiers:
730301
Deposit date:
2018-09-26

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