Most existing studies on information grounds are limited to the United States; and there is no research comparing the information grounds of students in Iran. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the information grounds of students in Payame Noor University of Kermanshah. A questionnaire survey was used to carry out the study. The total population of full-time students in Kermanshah Payame Noor University at the time of this study was about 6000. Using stratified random sampling technique, 361 students were selected to participate in this survey. Findings revealed that the most common information grounds of students are as follows: house of friends and relatives, university campus and bus service. Also, the main reasons for using these information grounds are: expert individuals, relaxed grounds, easy to communicate with people in the ground, and enhancing the scope of personal knowledge and experience by information exchange in that ground. Hypothesis test results indicated that there is a significant correlation between the socioeconomic status of students and type of information grounds. Moreover, it is found that there is a significant difference in male and female students’ views regarding the reasons for using such grounds.
کلید واژگان :Information behaviour, information grounds, dimension of information grounds, informal information grounds.
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