Information Poverty

Definition of 'Information':

1. Facts provided or learned about something or someone

2. What is conveyed or represented by a particular arrangement or sequence of things

Definition of 'Poverty':

1. The state of being extremely poor

2. The state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount

 

- Online Oxford Dictionary

 

 

Chatman defined information poverty as:

Lacking necessary resources such as adequate social networks, social capital and information finding skills that enable everyday life information seeking. - (Chatman 1996)