Information
Ecosystem
Assessments

IEA's

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
This research discusses how information was produced, distributed and consumed during the COVID-19 pandemic in six provinces of Afghanistan – Kabul, Herat, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Nimroz and Farah.

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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

This research aims to understand of information dynamics in the context of Venezuelan refugee and migrant populations in the Colombia-Ecuador border region, taking a specific look at the LGBTQI+ migrant community.

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Democratic Republic of Congo

Information Needs assessment: DRC

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Haiti

Information Ecosystem Assessment

Information Needs Assessment - Haiti

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Iraq

Information Needs assessment: Iraq

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Lebanon

Information Ecosystem Assessment

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

This research unpacks the unique experiences for Syrians at a time when information is heavily impacted by Lebanon’s various compounding crises.

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Mali

Information Ecosystem Assessment

Find a Link: learning about the communities displaced to mali during covid-19

This information ecosystem assessment documents how information around the pandemic is produced in Mali and the information practices of Internally Displaced Populations (IDPs) in the regions of of Bamako, Segou, Sikasso, Mopti and Timbuktu, Mopti and Timbuktu.

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Sudan

Information Ecosystem Assessment

Misinformed: Sudan's centralisation problem & the pandemic

This report demonstrates how the centralization of news production, as well as power and resources, leads to the development of sometimes-competing subsystems complicating the broader information ecosystem in the country.

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SOUTH Sudan

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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.

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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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