"He too will become a nation and he too will become great": The information needs of the "Bnei Menashe" immigrant community in Israel as capability. (June 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "He too will become a nation and he too will become great": The information needs of the "Bnei Menashe" immigrant community in Israel as capability. (June 2020)
- Main Title:
- "He too will become a nation and he too will become great": The information needs of the "Bnei Menashe" immigrant community in Israel as capability
- Authors:
- Shomron, Baruch
Schejter, Amit - Abstract:
- The "Bnei Menashe" are a marginalized community that immigrated from India to Israel. The community has diverse information needs, yet they are characterized by difficulties that prevent them from acquiring vital information. In this study, we utilized Sen's (1993) "capabilities approach" as well as Friedland et al. (2012) "critical information needs" for the identification of the Bnei Menashe's information capabilities, and the ways in which they answer them. The study was conducted using semi-structured individual in-depth interviews. The findings of the study relate that the Bnei Menashe succeed only partially in realizing the capability of being informed. This is a result of the partial technological exclusion that characterizes the community. This is a first-of-its-kind study, as the Bnei Menashe have not been studied methodically. Furthermore, the utilization of the capabilities approach represents a major contribution to existing communication theories, as the approach allows for a more wholesome understanding of the role of information and communication technologies in society.
- Is Part Of:
- International communication gazette. Volume 82:Number 4(2020)
- Journal:
- International communication gazette
- Issue:
- Volume 82:Number 4(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 82, Issue 4 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 82
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0082-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 384
- Page End:
- 403
- Publication Date:
- 2020-06
- Subjects:
- Capabilities approach -- digital divide -- information and communication technologies (ICTs) -- information needs -- marginalized communities -- social justice
Journalism -- Periodicals
Mass media -- Periodicals
384 - Journal URLs:
- http://gaz.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/home.nav ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/1748048518820459 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1748-0485
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