Policy information needs and uses : knowledge dissemination and new telematic technologies

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Authors
Ellis, David
Advisor
Horn, B. Ray
Issue Date
1989
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Thesis (M.S.)
Department
Center for Information and Communication Sciences
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Abstract

I report the findings of an original empirical study of population policy information needs and modes of information dissemination and use among policymakers in the Asia-Pacific region. Data were obtained through a survey of readers of a population journal. Respondents' information needs and uses are analyzed. The findings help answer broad questions about development-related social-scientific information needs and uses among policymakers. An assessment of the potential contribution of new telematic technologies to information dissemination and use in the 1990s, based upon the survey findings and a review of the literature on telematic applications, is presented.Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN 47306

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