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To Know or not to Know: A Moral Reflection on Information Poverty
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This article reflects, from an ethical perspective, on the problem of information poverty. Information poverty is defined as that situation in which individuals and communities, within a given context, do not have the requisite skills, abilities or material means to obtain efficient access to information, interpret it and apply it appropriately. It is further characterized by a lack of essential information and a poorly developed information infrastructure. It is argued in this article that information poverty is a serious moral concern and a matter of social justice and as such should be on the world’s moral agenda of social responsibility. Based on social justice a set of broad ethical principles are formulated that can be used to guide the social, economic and political initiatives to solve information poverty and to create a fair information society.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Britz, J. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Pretoria (ZA)
- Corresponding author
- Britz, Johannes J.
- ORCID
- Britz, Johannes J.
- Venue
- Journal of Information Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2004-06
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 192-204
- ISSN
- 0165-5515 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-6485
- OpenAlex
- W2095817614
- Cited by
- 200
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 38.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Information Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › General Social Sciences › Information Society and Technology Trends
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Information Science and Libraries
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Library Science and Administration
- Keywords
- information poverty, social justice, information ethics, access to information, information infrastructure, ethical principles, social responsibility
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