Transparency in Politics and the Media

Accountability and Open Government

AvNigel Bowles,James T. Hamilton

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Increasingly governments around the world are experimenting with initiatives in transparency or 'open government'. These involve a variety of measures including the announcement of more user-friendly government websites, greater access to government data, the extension of freedom of information legislation and broader attempts to involve the public in government decision making. However, the role of the media in these initiatives has not hitherto been examined. This volume analyses the challenges and opportunities presented to journalists as they attempt to hold governments accountable in an era of professed transparency. In examining how transparency and open government initiatives have affected the accountability role of the press in the US and the UK, it also explores how policies in these two countries could change in the future to help journalists hold governments more accountable. This volume will be essential reading for all practising journalists, for students of journalism or politics, and for policymakers.

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Utgivningsdatum:2013-10-28
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:264
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780857723154
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Serie:Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

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Nigel Bowles is Director of the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford. James T. Hamilton is Charles S. Sydnor Professor of Public Policy, and Professor of Political Science and Economics at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and Director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy. David A. L. Levy is Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford.

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Introduction James T. Hamilton, Nigel Bowles and David LevyPart I: Defining Transparency and Open GovernmentBefore Transparency: Disclosure as Political and Cultural Practice 1960s-1980s Michael Schudson (Columbia University Graduate School of JournalismThe Impact of the Freedom of Information Act in the UK (co-author: Robert Hazell) Ben Worthy, and Robert Hazell, University College LondonPart II: Impact of Transparency on Accountability3.Impact of Transparency on Accountability Peter Riddell, The Institute for Government4.Transparency and Public Policy: Where Open Government Fails Accountability Sarah Cohen, New York TimesPart III: Media Transparency and Accountability5.Transparency John Lloyd, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism6.'Truth Vigilantes': On Journalism and Transparency Phil Bennett, Duke UniversityPart IV: Making Sense of Records and Data7.The transparency opportunity: holding power to account – or making power accountable? Paul Bradshaw, Birmingham City University 8.Making Sense of Records and Data Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublicaPart V: Valuing Transparency in Government and the Media9.Valuing Transparency in Government and Media Patrick Birkinshaw, University of Hull10.Corporations and Transparency: Improving Consumer Markets and Increasing Public Accountability Joel Gurin, Federal Communications Commission (with Beth Simone Noveck)Part VI: Rise of NGOs and Nonprofit Media11.The Rise of NGOs and Nonprofit Media Charles Lewis, American UniversityPart VII: Policy Hurdles to Transparency12.Keeping American Accountability Journalism Alive Len Downie, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University and Washington Post13.Data, Data Everywhere: Open Data versus Big Data in the Quest for Transparency Helen Margetts, Oxford Internet Institute