Information
Ecosystem
Assessments
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What Are Information Ecosystem Assessments?
The ways in which people consume, produce, contribute to, interact with, and behave around information are what makes information ecosystems dynamic and diverse.
An Information Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) is Internews’ unique, human-centered approach designed to understand the dynamics of transmission, production, and consumption of information in a given environment. Understanding the flow of information, its sources, channels, and the factors that affect it – intentionally or unintentionally– can help to empower citizens to make better-informed decisions, bridge divides, and help information providers better understand community needs and preferences, the dynamics of trust and better serve information vulnerable groups.
The insights gained from this research directly inform our approach and the findings are a key advocacy tool to encourage community-centred communication approaches among media and humanitarian partners in the contexts where we work .
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Afghanistan

INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT
DIVERSITY, DISTANCE AND DISTRUST: Information dynamics in afghanistan during the covid-19 pandemic
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Brazil

Information Needs assessment: Brazil
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Colombia

Information Ecosystem Assessment
On the move during the COVID-19 pandemic: Information, trust and influence among Venezuelans in Narino, Colombia
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Information Needs assessment: DRC
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Haiti

Information Ecosystem Assessment
Information Needs Assessment - Haiti
Description
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Iraq

Information Needs assessment: Iraq
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- Read the Report In Arabic
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Lebanon

Information Ecosystem Assessment
PEELING THE ONION: a multi-layered infodemic and its impact on trust for syrians in lebanon
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Mali

Information Ecosystem Assessment
Find a Link: learning about the communities displaced to mali during covid-19
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Sudan

Information Ecosystem Assessment
Misinformed: Sudan's centralisation problem & the pandemic
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SOUTH Sudan

IEA FULL REPORT (ENGLISH) - FEBRUARY 2023
LIVING IN INFORMATION LIMBO: THE CASE OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN SOUTH SUDAN
This is a group of people that were displaced from their homes by either natural disasters such as flooding, or conflicts. Such insecurity and intercommunal conflicts disrupt the flow of information in the community and among vulnerable groups – those who do not have strong social connections and thus have limited access to reliable information. Food insecurity induced by a combination of famine, natural disasters, and a lack of sustainable agricultural practices is perceived as one of the pressing issues in the communities.

IEA FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (SHORT VERSION) - FEBRUARY 2023
LIVING IN INFORMATION LIMBO (SHORT VERSIONS)
IEA FULL REPORT - February 2023
The Forgotten: An IEA for People with Disabilities in South Sudan (in development)
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zimbabwe

Information Needs assessment: Zimbabwe
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- Read the Report In Shona