Transparency in politics and the media :
Transparency in politics and the media : accountability and open government /
edited by Nigel Bowles, James T. Hamilton and David A.L. Levy.
- 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Origins of the Freedom of Information Act in the United States / Impact of transparency on accountability / The impact of the Freedom of Information Act in the UK / Valuing transparency in government and media / Transparencies / Transparency and public policy: where open government fails accountability / Truth vigilantes: on journalism and transparency / Data and transparency: perils and progress / The transparency opportunity: holding power to account - or making power accountable? / Data, data everywhere: open data versus big data in the quest of transparency / Corporations and transparency: improving consumer markets and increasing public accountability / The rise of NGOs and nonprofit media / Keeping American accountability journalism alive / Michael Schudson -- Peter Riddell -- Benjamin Worthy and Robert Hazell -- Patrick Birkinshaw -- John Lloyd -- Sarah Cohen -- Philip Bennett -- Jennifer LaFleur -- Paul Bradshaw -- Helen Margetts -- Joel Gurin and Beth Simone Noveck -- Charles Lewis -- Leonard Downie Jr.
9780857723154 (ebook)
Government and the press.
Transparency in government.
Electronic books.
JC598 / .T736 2014eb
352.88
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Origins of the Freedom of Information Act in the United States / Impact of transparency on accountability / The impact of the Freedom of Information Act in the UK / Valuing transparency in government and media / Transparencies / Transparency and public policy: where open government fails accountability / Truth vigilantes: on journalism and transparency / Data and transparency: perils and progress / The transparency opportunity: holding power to account - or making power accountable? / Data, data everywhere: open data versus big data in the quest of transparency / Corporations and transparency: improving consumer markets and increasing public accountability / The rise of NGOs and nonprofit media / Keeping American accountability journalism alive / Michael Schudson -- Peter Riddell -- Benjamin Worthy and Robert Hazell -- Patrick Birkinshaw -- John Lloyd -- Sarah Cohen -- Philip Bennett -- Jennifer LaFleur -- Paul Bradshaw -- Helen Margetts -- Joel Gurin and Beth Simone Noveck -- Charles Lewis -- Leonard Downie Jr.
9780857723154 (ebook)
Government and the press.
Transparency in government.
Electronic books.
JC598 / .T736 2014eb
352.88