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Peer reviewedChatman, Elfreda A. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Examines the role of information and theories of "life in the round" through a study of ways in which inmates at a maximum-security prison for women in Neuse City (North Carolina) redefine their social world to survive incarceration. Findings from ethnographic research and interviews with 80 women at the prison revealed that a life in the round…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Criminals, Ethnography, Females
Peer reviewedChatman, Elfreda A. – RQ, 1990
Alienation theory was applied to a study of information behavior among 51 janitors. Results showed that they lack an informal information network because of their work schedule, and a perception that their neighbors are undesirable associates and no more informed than they are. (34 references) (EAM)
Descriptors: Alienation, Disadvantaged Environment, Housekeepers, Information Networks
