Marian Smith’s research on perceptions of information is similar to my own, in that she has been talking to students in schools about their understanding of information and their perceptions in different contexts and in relation to different resources. Marian reported that context has a significant effect on young people’s perceptions of information – they are more aware of information in school and almost don’t realise that they are dealing with information out of school. Some interesting comments on how much students trust websites, in spite of advice to the contrary too!
Marian is a research student at Loughborough University, working with Mark Hepworth

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