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Theories and models of human information behaviour have developed over several decades but have not considered the role of the user's computing device in digital information interactions. The purpose of this paper is to explore the information behaviours of young adults when they are given unlimited access to mobile tablet devices. <\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p> \u2013 As information tasks, behaviours and communities shift into digital environments, a researcher of these phenomena is required to mirror that movement with techniques that allow a full exploration of human behaviour and interaction in the online world. Following Kozinets (2009), \u201cnetnography\u201d (ethnography in online communities) is applied in this study and all data are collected online from within a community of iPad users, established for the research purpose. <\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p> \u2013 This study reveals that access to mobile tablet devices creates significant shifts in the behaviours of young adults whose lives are immersed in digital information. Mobile tablet devices establish the potential for constant access to digital information and that opportunity is grasped by the participants in this research. Extensive use of mobile device applications or \u201capps\u201d establishes a more selected and restricted view of information than that encountered in the open and expansive World Wide Web. <\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p> \u2013 This paper invites extension to human information behaviour theories and models to include a consideration of computing access device and of new mobility and constancy of access \u2013 all of which changes the circumstances and behaviour of the information actor.<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/jd-09-2012-0123","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,7,10]],"date-time":"2014-07-10T21:46:24Z","timestamp":1405028784000},"page":"622-639","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":39,"title":["The impact of mobile tablet devices on human information 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