Graduate Students of Kasetsart University

needs. She talked with people who work a lot with children, as children often cannot articulate
their needs themselves, to discover what things children need to know at what ages.
It is one thing to think of children’s information needs as the questions they ask about
dinosaurs when they go to the library. It is quite another to see the full array of learning that must
occur for a child to emerge successfully into adulthood. In a dysfunctional family, with parents on
drugs, for example, there may be no one to tell the child to look both ways when crossing the
street—something as simple as that. The children of thieves think thievery is natural, it is what
people do. That comes from simply soaking up what is in their environment, especially from the
emotionally meaningful people around them.
Relevant Researches
Related researches and studies that have been used in this research study are as follows:
Wijakkhana (1990) examined the exposure, use and gratification of mass media of
students from universities in Bangkok. The research study showed that the students frequently
read daily newspapers, but they mostly read the topics and news, presented on the first pages of
newspapers, as well as information that interests them. They also believed in some of the
newspapers’ content. The study also found out that the students expose themselves to television to
relax with their family members.
Jiraphinnusorn (1996) studied information-seeking behavior through mass media and
Internet. The study found out that the main reason for seeking information from the media and
internet was for the audience to acquire personal knowledge. The types of information sought
from the media were entertainment and news. Cinema, radio and television were the most popular
media used for information seeking on entertainment. News seeking was through printed media.
Internet was used for acquiring information on education/research science/technology and
entertainment. The World Wide Web, electronic mail for two-way communication and
downloading software for work were the main purposes of using the internet.
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