Charting the Australian COVID-19 Information Flow: Implications for Information Policy

Afzal, Waseem and Du, Jia Tina and Haider, Ammar and An, Lu and Khoir, Safirotu and Batool, Syeda Hina (2023) Charting the Australian COVID-19 Information Flow: Implications for Information Policy. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 60 (1). 1 – 10. ISSN 23739231

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Abstract

The outbreak of COVID-19 posed one of the most serious threats to humanity in recent times. The rapid transmission of this virus across the globe and presence of various information imperfections (e.g., absence of information, confusing information, misinformation) made the craft of developing an effective information policy during this pandemic extremely difficult. This study has analyzed the COVID-19 information environment of Australia with an aim to understand the important features of the information flow which, in part, helped Australia to achieve one of the lowest COVID-19 test positivity rates. The findings of this study carry important implications for the design of future information policy imperatives aiming to deal with pandemics, natural catastrophes, and human-made disasters. Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology | Oct. 27 – 31, 2023 | London, United Kingdom. Author(s) retain copyright, but ASIS&T receives an exclusive publication license.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Cited by: 0
Uncontrolled Keywords: Disasters; Viruses; Australia; Important features; Information environment; Information flows; Information policy; Rapid transmission; COVID-19
Subjects: A General Works > AC Collections. Series. Collected works
A General Works > AC Collections. Series. Collected works
Divisions: Supporting Units > Library and Archives
Depositing User: Sri JUNANDI
Date Deposited: 07 Nov 2024 02:17
Last Modified: 07 Nov 2024 02:17
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/10733

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