Open AccessAnalysis of government environmental agency web pages for Colony Collapse Disorder information
Author(s) -
Boehm Meredith K.,
Singh Vandana
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.14504901130
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , valuation (finance) , government (linguistics) , information quality , computer science , context (archaeology) , seekers , public sphere , world wide web , data science , political science , information system , business , sociology , geography , social science , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , finance , politics , law
This paper presents the results from a study identifying government entities that provide information about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in order to discover what information is available from the entities' web pages and evaluate the quality of the information provided as it pertains to a defined spectrum of citizen information seekers. Using a government information valuation framework that takes into account these citizen user needs, this paper looks at the information content within the context of the public sphere and applies the lens of post‐normal science theory to analyze the current status of information from these entities. Overall the research shows that citizen user groups are in need of public engagement applications to facilitate a two‐way flow of information.