한국의 트위터 오피니언 리더들의 정치적 정보행동에 관한 연구- 정보세계이론을 중심으로 - (An Exploratory Study on the Political Information Behaviors of Korean Opinion Leaders on Twitter: Through the Lens of Theory of Information Worlds)

이지수 (Jisue Lee)

doi:10.4275/KSLIS.2019.53.1.083

An Exploratory Study on the Political Information Behaviors of Korean Opinion Leaders on Twitter: Through the Lens of Theory of Information Worlds

Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
2019, 53(1), pp.83~108
DOI : 10.4275/KSLIS.2019.53.1.083
Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science

Jisue Lee ¹

¹부산대학교 문헌정보학과

Excellent Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study investigated South Korean citizens’ political communication and deliberation through Twitter during the 2014 General Election, focusing on influential opinion leaders’ political information behaviors. Individual semi-structured interviews were administered with 13 opinion leaders using the multiple interview modes of email interviews, Skype interview and face to face interviews. Through the analytical lens of the theory of Information Worlds, the chosen social types and social norms of opinion leaders impacted their political information behaviors, including how they assessed, shared, exchanged, or avoided information, and, in turn, created boundaries between and around their information worlds that allowed for both conflict and synergy.

KEYWORDS

Political Information Behaviors, Twitter, Opinion Leaders, Theory of Information Worlds, Interviews

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