Information Seeking Behavior of Pakistani Newspaper Journalists

Mumtaz Anwar

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This study, a replication of the one done in Kuwait, investigated the information seeking behavior of print journalists in Lahore, Pakistan, using a self-administered questionnaire. The 87 respondents, coming from 11 establishments, were mostly male. In terms of the type of information, they place emphasis on fact checking and general information. Information was obtained by using a wide variety of both informal and formal sources. ‘Human' sources were the primary informal sources used by the participants. Personal collections, daily news diaries, and news agency reports were considered high in terms of importance. The Internet and the ‘in-house electronic library of stories/reports generated by their colleagues' was very limited both in availability and use. The lack information searching skills is their top ranking problem. They consider these very important for their work and are willing to go through training if it were provided to them.

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1991The Information-Seeking Habits and Practices of Engineers 2000Information Needs and Information Seeking Behavior of Agricultural Scientists in Malaysia 1997Assessing information needs: a case study of journalists 2000The impact of the Internet on information seeking in the Media1 2004Information Seeking Behaviour of Kuwaiti Journalists

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