Community Information Needs: A Theory and Methodological Framework

Watson, Brendan R.; Cavanah, Sarah

doi:10.1080/15205436.2015.1059948

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“…Social media platforms facilitate individuals’ incidental exposure to news, which in turn leads to more online news consumption (Fletcher & Nielsen, 2018) and possibly increased awareness of events taking place around them that are relevant to their daily routines. Individuals have a wide range of unique information needs and trying to cater to all those requirements is nothing short of a “monumental task,” (Watson & Cavanagh, 2015, p. 670). Social media platforms have the potential to fulfill that need; Not only individuals from all backgrounds, private and public institutions, corporate and unorganized groups, have a presence on the sites, but the platforms aid the dissemination of a wide variety of information produced formally (such as by news and public relations organizations, other media professionals) and informally (user-generated content).…”

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An Examination of Affiliate and Network Television Channels’ Facebook Use for Addressing Audiences’ Critical Information Needs

2022

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Based on the principles of localism and Critical Information Needs (CIN), this study analyzed the news content posted on Facebook by three television news channels—one local ABC affiliate each in Phoenix, Arizona and Kearney, Nebraska, and ABC News network channel — to examine the extent to which these posts fulfilled the critical information needs of audiences via social media. Results showed the local channel in Phoenix posted more CIN content than both, national network ABC and the local television channel in Kearney. Audience engagement with CIN posts differed across communities, with some categories increasing engagement in Phoenix and the same categories decreasing engagement in Kearney. This finding highlights not all critical information posts lead to increased audience engagement on social media and it is important for television channels to pay attention to content format and user feedback to further increase audience engagement with critical information.

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An Examination of Affiliate and Network Television Channels’ Facebook Use for Addressing Audiences’ Critical Information Needs

2022

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“…In this respect, journalists serve as a bridge between the sources and consumers of climate change information. Since journalists are always interested in presenting stories that are current, relevant and interesting to readers (Irwansyah, 2016), they should be familiar with authentic sources and use them to meet their information needs (Ansari and Zuberi, 2012; Mahajan and Kumar, 2017; Watson and Cavanah, 2015). Journalists should use multiple sources of information when covering and reporting information on climate change in order to get diverse points of view, strengthen their stories and make them authentic (Lulagambi et al, 2011; Nicholaus and Martin, 1997).…”

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Sources of climate change information used by newspaper journalists in Tanzania

Siyao

Sife

2021

IFLA Journal

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This article assesses the information sources used by Tanzanian newspaper journalists to collect climate change information. The main sources of climate change information consulted by newspaper journalists in Tanzania are climate change experts and daily events, such as community meetings and other relevant social gatherings. These sources are interactive – enabling journalists to obtain climate change information – and easily accessible, and use and provide instant responses. It was also found that deficient use of other potential sources of information, such as libraries, printed materials and Internet websites, coupled with overarching challenges that limit newspaper journalists from seeking, covering and reporting information on climate change, may affect the quality and quantity of climate change information published in Tanzanian newspapers. All the stakeholders involved in the fight against climate change and journalism colleges should collaborate and devise strategies aimed at building the capacity of newspaper journalists, editors and reporters in their daily activities.

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“…When patients have easily available, accurate, and timely information and use it to make informed choices, they are empowered and experience improved health outcomes [32,33]. In participatory research designs, patients may be both producers and consumers of information with opportunities to build local, grassroots action networks for information dissemination [34]. Despite the intuitive appeal of patient engagement strategies, their efficacy for reducing disparities remains inconclusive [30].…”

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Patient Engagement in Medical Research Among Older Adults: Analysis of the Health Information National Trends Survey

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Tang²,

Ernst³

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J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundBy 2035, it is expected that older adults (aged 65 years and older) will outnumber children and will represent 78 million people in the US population. As the aging population continues to grow, it is critical to reduce disparities in their representation in medical research.ObjectiveThis study aimed to describe sociodemographic characteristics and health and information behaviors as factors that influence US adults’ interest in engaging in medical research, beyond participation as study subjects.MethodsNationally representative cross-sectional data from the 2014 Health Information National Trends Survey (N=3677) were analyzed. Descriptive statistics and weighted multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to assess predictors of one’s interest in patient engagement in medical research. The independent variables included age, general health, income, race and ethnicity, education level, insurance status, marital status, and health information behaviors.ResultsWe examined the association between the independent variables and patient interest in engaging in medical research (PTEngage_Interested). Patient interest in engaging in medical research has a statistically significant association with age (adjusted P<.01). Younger adults (aged 18-34 years), lower middle-aged adults (aged 35-49 years), and higher middle-aged adults (aged 50-64 years) indicated interest at relatively the same frequency (29.08%, 29.56%, and 25.12%, respectively), but older adults (aged ≥65 years) expressed less interest (17.10%) than the other age groups. After the multivariate model was run, older adults (odds ratio 0.738, 95% CI 0.500-1.088) were found to be significantly less likely to be interested in engaging in medical research than adults aged 50 to 64 years. Regardless of age, the strongest correlation was found between interest in engaging in medical research and actively looking for health information (P<.001). Respondents who did not seek health information were significantly less likely than those who did seek health information to be interested in engaging in medical research.ConclusionsPatients’ interest in engaging in medical research vary by age and information-seeking behaviors. As the aging population continues to grow, it is critical to reduce disparities in their representation in medical research. Interest in participatory research methods may reflect an opportunity for consumer health informatics technologies to improve the representation of older adults in future medical research.

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Community Information Needs: A Theory and Methodological Framework

Cited by 7 publications

References 24 publications

An Examination of Affiliate and Network Television Channels’ Facebook Use for Addressing Audiences’ Critical Information Needs

An Examination of Affiliate and Network Television Channels’ Facebook Use for Addressing Audiences’ Critical Information Needs

Sources of climate change information used by newspaper journalists in Tanzania

Patient Engagement in Medical Research Among Older Adults: Analysis of the Health Information National Trends Survey

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