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Access to information in a recurring crisis: Cambodian university students’ information  behaviour during floods
University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
2021 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Tillgången till information under en återkommande kris : En studie av kambodjanska studenters informationsbeteende under översvämning (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

The purpose of this study is to provide knowledge about Cambodian students’ information access and how their information behaviour is affected by floods. The research material consisted of 15 semi- structured interviews of university students in Cambodia. The results concluded that students have an immense difficulty accessing information for their studies. The results also reveal that students change their information behaviour during heavy rain and floods. The students learn to adapt to their environment and develop creative strategies to cope with accessing information during rainfall and floods. The students learn to share information with each other to a greater extent. Primarily they disseminate information through social media and messaging applications. The results were analysed using theories on information behaviour together with proposed categories of information behaviour during a crisis. 

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2021.
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information behaviour, information access, sustainable development, crisis informatics, Cambodia, students, floods
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Information Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-27089OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-27089DiVA, id: diva2:1621642
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Available from: 2022-01-04 Created: 2021-12-20 Last updated: 2022-05-03Bibliographically approved

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