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الإعلام ونظم المعلومات

In a crisis, what people know depends on news media, social platforms, messaging apps, authority channels and word of mouth. These النظم can save lives by spreading accurate warnings and guidance, or spread rumours and false information that cost them. This page sets out how information systems work in crises and over time, how information quality and access are measured, and what evidence serves the authorities, media and civil society involved.

02السؤال

Media and information systems: how the risk develops.

Media and public information as social النظم. The dossier below sets out how the risk develops, what is measured, where the data come from, how it is modelled and who decides.

الآلية

Local news is shrinking

Loss of local journalism leaves communities with fewer trusted sources and less scrutiny of local institutions.

الآلية

Messaging apps carry crisis information

Private messaging groups spread information quickly, including rumours, and are hard for authorities to monitor or correct.

الآلية

Platforms amplify what engages

Recommendation systems favour content that draws attention, which can amplify fear, outrage and false claims in a crisis.

الآلية

Trusted messengers matter

People act on information from sources they trust, such as community leaders, health workers and local media, more than on distant authorities.

03الرصد

Social protection and cohesion.

الشاشة التي قد يستخدمها فريق لمتابعة هذا الموضوع: مقاييسه وحالاته وقراراته. والأسماء أمثلة والقيم توضيحية.

Social protection and cohesion

Media and information systems · Urban ward 9 · Year 2

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Coverage by quintile

050100share of households receiving supportQ1Q2Q3Q4Q5

Cohesion survey

Trust in neighbours6351▲ 2
Trust in local authority4852▲ 1
Reported discrimination911▲ 2
Social protection and cohesion: the screen’s structure, terms and states for Media and information systems.أسماء مثالية وقيم توضيحية؛ تصميم وليس سجلًا ولا نظامًا حيًا.
05الأساليب والأدلة

How media and information systems is modelled, measured and tested.

النموذج وافتراضاته وبياناته وعدم اليقين فيه، بالصورة التي يفحصها بها عالم أو مهندس. وتتبع البنى أساليب منشورة. والقيم المرسومة توضيحية، وليست نتائج.

نموذج النظام

The couplings between the systems in media and information systems: signs of influence, a reinforcing and a balancing loop, and cross-links where stress jumps.

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Causal loop diagram from the page’s systems; signs show the direction of influence. Illustrative structure for a system dynamics or network model, not estimated couplings.
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06المؤشرات الفرعية

ما الذي يُقاس، ومدى جودة قياسه.

يحمل كل مؤشر وحدته ووتيرته ونوع المصدر الذي يستند إليه ووسم الأدلة الذي ستحمله القيمة. ولا تُعرض أي قيم: فالبرنامج يقدّمها بموجب سلطته الخاصة.

المؤشرالوحدةوتيرة الإصدارنوع المصدرالوسم
Trust in newspercent trusting most news most of the timeسنويNews consumption surveysمُبلَّغ عنه
Main source of news by typeالنسبة المئوية من المستجيبينسنويNews consumption surveysمُبلَّغ عنه
Journalists killed or imprisonedالعددسنويPress freedom monitorsمُبلَّغ عنه
Local news outletscount per regionلكل تقييمMedia mapping studiesمُقدَّر
Rumours tracked in crisis responsecount by themeلكل حدثCommunity feedback النظممُبلَّغ عنه
Population reached by authority crisis messagespercentلكل حدثPost-event surveysمُبلَّغ عنه
07المصادر

من أين تأتي الأدلة.

مجموعات بيانات عامة مسمّاة وسجلات مؤسسية، لكلٍّ منها فئة ترخيصها. ولا تُستخدم المصادر المتاحة بموجب اتفاق إلا وفق شروطها، ولا يُعاد نشرها أبدًا.

المصدرما يقدّمهفئة الترخيص
Reuters Institute Digital News ReportNews use and trust across countriesPublic report, terms per publisher
UNESCO Observatory of Killed Journalists and World Trends in Freedom of ExpressionSafety of journalists and media freedomPublic, UNESCO terms
Committee to Protect Journalists dataJournalists killed and imprisonedPublic, terms to check
WHO infodemic management resourcesMethods for managing information in health emergenciesPublic, WHO terms of use
IFRC and partner community feedback and rumour tracking guidanceMethods for listening to communities in crisesPublic, IFRC terms (to check)
08القرارات

من يقرر، وما الذي تخدمه الأدلة.

Society and Human Development prepares evidence. The decisions below are taken by the authorities named, under their own rules, and never by the platform.

من يقررالسؤالالأدلة التي تخدمها هذه الصفحة
Public health and emergency authoritiesHow to reach people with accurate information in crisesEcosystem assessments; trust profiles
Media organisations and regulatorsHow to support local journalism and information qualityMedia mapping and freedom evidence
Humanitarian agenciesHow to listen to and respond to community concernsRumour tracking evidence

المخرجات التي يُنتجها هذا الموضوع

  • Information ecosystem assessments for crisis communication
  • Rumour tracking and community feedback methods
  • Media access and trust profiles
  • Evidence notes for risk communication
09الأسئلة الجوهرية

الأسئلة التي يطرحها الخبراء.

  • How is the information ecosystem structured, and who controls its key channels?
  • What happens to public knowledge when local news declines?
  • How do information flows behave during crises, and where do they break?
  • Which communities are poorly served by mainstream channels?
  • How do economic models of media affect the quality of risk information?
10الآليات

The ecosystem and its fragilities.

Information ecosystems combine professional media, platforms, messaging apps, community channels and authority sources. The decline of local journalism in many places has reduced coverage of local government, hazards and public health. Platforms have become major gatekeepers, and their ranking and moderation choices shape exposure to information. Encrypted messaging networks carry both community support and rumour, and are hard to observe.

During crises, demand for information surges while normal channels may fail through power and network outages. Rumours fill gaps when authority information is slow or distrusted. Language, literacy, disability and connectivity determine who receives timely information. Concentration of ownership and dependence on advertising revenue influence what is covered and how.

Resilient information النظم share some features: diverse sources, trusted local intermediaries, channels that work without the internet such as radio, information in the languages people speak, and authority communicators who are open about uncertainty and correct themselves quickly. These features can be studied, compared and strengthened.

Public service and community media often play an outsized role in crises because they reach people without internet access and are locally trusted. Their funding and independence are therefore part of a society’s risk infrastructure, a point the field documents with comparative evidence across countries.

11المناهج والبيانات

Methods and limits.

Mapping

Ecosystem mapping

Mapping outlets, audiences and flows of information in a place.

المحتوى

Content analysis

Systematic analysis of coverage and narratives; large-scale methods need careful validation.

Audience

Audience research

Surveys and qualitative work on how people find and judge information.

Limits: platform data access is restricted, private messaging is largely unobservable, and rapidly changing technology dates findings quickly.

13Where this page’s references

Where this page’s references lead.

الهيئات والوثائق التي تُقرأ هذه الصفحة في ضوئها. وتتغير الحالات والإصدارات؛ ويقود كل رابط إلى الهيئة المُصدِرة.

14أسئلة

أسئلة وأجوبة.

What is an infodemic?
An overabundance of information, including false or misleading information, during a health emergency, in WHO usage.
Why does local journalism matter in a crisis?
Because local outlets provide specific, trusted information about what is happening nearby and hold local institutions to account.
What is rumour tracking?
Systematically collecting and analysing rumours and questions from communities so responders can address concerns and correct false information.
Does the platform rate media outlets?
No. It studies information systems and their effects on public outcomes.
How is this different from the chapter?
The chapter organises a community of researchers around the subject; this topic page sets out the science.
Is GCRI a media regulator?
No. GCRI does not regulate, certify, license or approve.
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