TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of Google in everyday online searching activities of Swedish teenagers in different contexts.Design/methodology/approach The study is qualitative and material has been produced through interviews and observations in two different schools with participants aged 15-16. Goffman’s frame analysis provides the analytical lens for studying how activities are assigned meaning.Findings Three different framings in relation to using Google and googling are identified in the material: Google and fact-finding, Google as a neutral infrastructure, and Google as an authority. There is an interplay between activity, context, and interaction in defining the role of Google. In relation to school, the fact-finding framing is more pronounced whereas the infrastructure framing comes forth more in their free time activities. The authority framing cuts across both framings and underpins their trust in the search engine.Originality/value The study addresses the way that Google is embedded in online activities and how the search engine is viewed in various contexts, as well as how it is made invisible in some contexts. Previous research has not addressed Google’s role in specific in relation to various everyday uses.
VL  - 73
IS  - 6
SN  - 0022-0418
DO  - 10.1108/JD-03-2017-0048
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-03-2017-0048
AU  - Andersson Cecilia
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - “Google is not fun”: an investigation of how Swedish teenagers frame online searching
T2  - Journal of Documentation
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 1244
EP  - 1260
Y2  - 2024/09/23
ER  -