information gap
What someone lacks
An information gap is a disparity in knowledge between parties—what one person or group knows that another doesn't.
The term appears in economics, journalism, and education.
In language teaching, an information gap activity pairs students who must exchange details to complete a task: One student has the bus schedule, the other has the map.
Information gaps can be strategic (withholding data for advantage) or structural (unequal access to resources).
- gapUnfilled space between
- knowledge gapMissing piece of understanding
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- missing pieceAbsent component needed
communication · communication breakdown · bridge · asymmetry · disconnect · divide · digital divide · unknown · in the dark · out of the loop · silence · puzzle · filling in the blanks · secret · hidden · barrier · understanding · void
- knowledge gapsignorance, gaps, blind spots, blind spot, unawareness
- misunderstandingsmisunderstanding, misinterpretation, misconception, misreading, miscommunication
information gapcommon knowledge
Widely shared information
level playing field · full transparency · full disclosure · open communication · equal access
information gapfull transparency
full disclosure · open communication · open book · glasnost · openness
information, inform, informed, informing, informer, informers, informative, informant, informants