Why Information Matters: A Foundation for Resilience
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Internews (2014), 84 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 81-84
"This report: 1. Defines “information ecosystems” and proposes an analytic framework of eight critical dimensions for understanding them; 2. Analyzes information ecosystems across a spectrum of change and their impact on resilience, referencing four case studies of Internews’ previous work [Instability and Underdevelopment in Fata, Pakistan; East Japan Earthquake 2011; Myanmar's Democratization and Opening; Three Environmental Disasters in Indonesia]; 3. Shares insights from the Jakarta Information Ecosystems pilot, which investigated the relevance of information ecosystems to communities living in chronically flood-prone environments; and 4. Reveals the utility of an information ecosystems approach and highlights preliminary conclusions on why information matters for resilience." (Page 2)
PART I: DEFINING INFORMATION ECOSYSTEMS, 9
A. Information ecosystems: why a new paradigm? 9
B. What is an information ecosystem? 11
C. Information ecosystems: a preliminary definition, 11
D. Eight critical dimensions of information ecosystems, 12
E. Information ecosystems & adaptation to change, 18
PART II: INFORMATION ECOSYSTEMS & RESILIENCE, 21
A. Overview of case studies, 22
B. Why information ecosystems matter for resilience, 24
C. How information ecosystems matter for resilience, 25
D. Areas for further research, 28
E. Towards preliminary typologies: classifying information ecosystems, 29
PART III: THE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION ECOSYSTEMS FOR RESILIENCE, 31
1. Information needs, 33
2. Information landscape / 3. Production and movement, 34
4. Dynamic of access, 36
5. Use, 37
6. Impact of information, 38
7. Social trust, 40
8. Influencers, 41
Preliminary conclusions, 42
PART IV: WHY INFORMATION MATTERS, 44
Annex I: Towards typologies, 46
Annex II: Analyzing the case studies, 48
Annex III: Jakarta information ecosystems pilot, 74
Annex IV: Key findings social network analysis, 77
Annex V: New york information ecosystems pilot, 78
A. Information ecosystems: why a new paradigm? 9
B. What is an information ecosystem? 11
C. Information ecosystems: a preliminary definition, 11
D. Eight critical dimensions of information ecosystems, 12
E. Information ecosystems & adaptation to change, 18
PART II: INFORMATION ECOSYSTEMS & RESILIENCE, 21
A. Overview of case studies, 22
B. Why information ecosystems matter for resilience, 24
C. How information ecosystems matter for resilience, 25
D. Areas for further research, 28
E. Towards preliminary typologies: classifying information ecosystems, 29
PART III: THE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION ECOSYSTEMS FOR RESILIENCE, 31
1. Information needs, 33
2. Information landscape / 3. Production and movement, 34
4. Dynamic of access, 36
5. Use, 37
6. Impact of information, 38
7. Social trust, 40
8. Influencers, 41
Preliminary conclusions, 42
PART IV: WHY INFORMATION MATTERS, 44
Annex I: Towards typologies, 46
Annex II: Analyzing the case studies, 48
Annex III: Jakarta information ecosystems pilot, 74
Annex IV: Key findings social network analysis, 77
Annex V: New york information ecosystems pilot, 78
