Transparency in Politics and the Media : Accountability and Open Government.: Accountability and Open Government. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Bowles, Nigel
• Contents: Introduction James T. Hamilton, Nigel Bowles and David Levy Part 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 323.445; Transparency in government; Government and the press; Government and the press; Transparency in government; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1306171547; 9781306171540; 9780857734594; 0857734598
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