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