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Information Seeking in the Middle of Disaster: Focusing on General Citizens' Coping with COVID-19 Pandemic

재난 상황에서의 정보추구: 일반 시민들의 코로나19 상황에서의 대응을 중심으로

  • 김영주 (한남대학교 문헌정보학과) ;
  • 구정화 (한남대학교 문헌정보학과)
  • Received : 2021.05.24
  • Accepted : 2021.06.15
  • Published : 2021.06.30
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Abstract

The purpose of the research is to investigate general citizens' information needs, seeking and uses about both disaster and health information in the middle of disaster of COVID-19 pandemic: what kinds of information they need, what kinds of information sources they use, which channels and media they use to learn the information, etc. To achieve the goal, the study conducted an online survey for general citizens over the age of 20. The survey is composed of 45 questions including four topics-demographic characteristics, information seeking behavior on both disaster and health, and the roles of public information organizations such as libraries in the middle of disaster. On the basis of the results, the research discusses and suggests that what kinds of information should be supplied and in what manners, and which media or information systems should be used when the governments or public organizations provide the information regarding disaster and health, and what roles public information organizations such as libraries should play in the middle of disaster.

본 연구는 코로나19 상황 속에서 일반 시민들이 어떻게 재난정보와 건강에 대한 정보를 찾고 추구하는지 파악하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 구체적으로, 재난 및 건강에 대해 어떤 정보요구가 있는지, 어떤 정보원을 통해 정보를 찾고, 어떤 경로를 통해 정보를 이용하고 있는지, 정보 이용에 대한 신뢰 및 불만과 그에 따른 개선책은 무엇인지를 조사하고자 한다. 이를 위해 20세 이상의 일반시민들을 대상으로 온라인 설문조사를 수행하였다. 인구통계학적 특성, 재난에 대한 정보추구행태, 건강에 대한 정보추구행태, 도서관의 역할이라는 주제항목 아래 45개의 질문문항을 구성하여 질의하였다. 조사 결과에 따라 최종적으로 재난상황에 대한 정보와 전염병으로 인한 건강에 대한 정보를 정부나 공공단체가 제공할 때, 시민들의 기본 요구를 중심으로 어떤 종류의 정보를 어떤 방식으로 제공해야 하는지, 특히 어떤 미디어나 시스템을 통해 제공하는 것이 만족도와 신뢰감에 영향을 주는지, 중요한 공적 정보채널이자 시스템 중 하나인 도서관은 재난상황에서 어떤 역할을 수행해야 하는지를 제언하였다.

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