Voters’ online information behaviour and response to campaign content during the Scottish referendum on independence
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Highlights:
• Discusses an information behaviour study from the 2014 Scottish independence campaign.
• 54 interactive, electronically-assisted interviews conducted with citizens.
• Voters value ‘facts’, authoritative voices, infographics and concise information.
• Voters uncertain about personal capacity to evaluate information found.
• Sets out a new model of levels of user engagement with political campaign discourse.
摘要
•Discusses an information behaviour study from the 2014 Scottish independence campaign.•54 interactive, electronically-assisted interviews conducted with citizens.•Voters value ‘facts’, authoritative voices, infographics and concise information.•Voters uncertain about personal capacity to evaluate information found.•Sets out a new model of levels of user engagement with political campaign discourse.
论文关键词:Information behaviour,Referendum,Internet,Scotland
论文评审过程:Received 30 March 2017, Accepted 21 May 2017, Available online 29 June 2017, Version of Record 29 June 2017.
论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2017.05.013