Benjamin Toff|Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
“I Just Google It”: Folk Theories of Distributed Discovery
University of Oxford|University of Minnesota|University of Oxford
significant minority people follow news regularly growing number rely distributed discovery especially social media search engines stay informed analyze folk theories news consumption basis inductive analysis 43 indepth interviews infrequent users conventional news identify three complementary folk theories news finds information dont know believe consumers draw making sense information environment show notion folk theories help unpack different complementary sometimes contradictory cultural resources people rely navigate digital media public affairs argue studying rarely engage directly news media access information via social media search provides critical case study dynamics environment increasingly defined platforms