Informed democracy: information experiences during the 2012 Queensland election
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Informed democracy: information experiences during the 2012 Queensland election |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 2177 |
Book Title | Library and information science research in Asia-Oceania: theory and practice |
Authors | Haidn, Insa (Author), Partridge, Helen (Author) and Yates, Christine (Author) |
Editors | Du, Jia Tina, Zhu, Qinghua and Koronios, Andy |
Page Range | 8-23 |
Series | Advances in Library and Information Science (ALIS) Book Series |
Chapter Number | 2 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | IGI Global |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISBN | 9781466651586 |
9781466651593 | |
ISSN | 2326-4136 |
2326-4144 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5158-6.ch002 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.igi-global.com/gateway/chapter/99950 |
Abstract | This chapter presents the preliminary findings of a qualitative study exploring people's information experiences during the 2012 Queensland State election in Australia. Six residents of South East Queensland who were eligible to vote in the state election participated in a semi-structured interview. The interviews revealed five themes that depict participants' information experience during the election: information sources, information flow, personal politics, party politics, and sense making. Together these themes represent what is experienced as information, how information is experienced, as well as contextual aspects that were unique to voting in an election. The study outlined here is one in an emerging area of enquiry that has explored information experience as a research object. This study has revealed that people's information experiences are rich, complex, and dynamic, and that information experience as a construct of scholarly inquiry provides deep insights into the ways in which people relate to their information worlds. More studies exploring information experience within different contexts are needed to help develop our theoretical understanding of this important and emerging construct. © 2014 by IGI Global. All rights reserved. |
Keywords | 2012 Queensland State election; information |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 461099. Library and information studies not elsewhere classified |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4y1x/informed-democracy-information-experiences-during-the-2012-queensland-election
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