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ERIC Number: EJ678057
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0024-2519
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Justifying Cognitive Authority Decisions: Discursive Strategies of Information Seekers.
McKenzie, Pamela J.
Library Quarterly, v73 n3 p261-88 Jul 2003
This analysis of transcripts of interviews with a specific group of information seekers (pregnant women) identifies the context-specific discursive techniques that they used in enhancing or undermining the authority of peer and professional information sources. (Contains 74 references.) (MES)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Females, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Interviews, Pregnancy, Users (Information)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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