INFORMATION FLOWS IN BLACK RESIDENTIAL SEARCH BEHAVIOR

The purpose of this research is to construct a typology that characterizes the information-acquisition process as it occurs in residential mobility and to use this structure in an analysis of information flows among black intra-urban migrants. The model is comprised of the intent (intentional and unintentional) and mode (experiential and nonexperiential) of the household's information-acquisition process. The resulting four-celled typology is used as a basis for analyzing the residential search behavior of a sample of black migrants in Milwaukee. Wisconsin.