scholarly journals How to Gain Knowledge When Data Are Shared? Open Government Data from a Media Pedagogical Perspective

Seminar.net ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentin Dander
Keyword(s):  
Data Use ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Conceptual Level ◽  
Data Literacy ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Media Pedagogy ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Contemporary Media ◽  
Government Data

Numerical data are becoming one of the dominant codes for describing society. Public services are sharing Open Government Data (OGD) as public goods. Academic interest so far has focused on political, technical and organizational implications. Educational research has been widely neglecting OGD. I argue that contemporary media pedagogy needs to productively and critically consider this development in research and practice, engaging with the question of how these data can be turned into knowledge. What objections to OGD as a political project have emerged, and what skills are required by data users? Apart from giving examples of how data use can be learned and supported, this paper illustrates and discusses potentials and risks for OGD use in terms of learning and subject transformation. Various objectives for media pedagogy – such as media, digital and data literacy, numeracy and picturacy – will be discussed in order to draw conclusions on a conceptual level. This paper aims at a differentiated approach to OGD and data education, taking into account their growing importance as well as emerging paradox constellations.

scholarly journals A Comparison of Geovisualizations and Data Tables for Transparency Enablement in the Open Government Data Landscape

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Auriol Degbelo ◽  
Jonas Wissing ◽  
Tomi Kauppinen
Keyword(s):  
User Study ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Spatial Knowledge ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Hidden Knowledge ◽  
Actual Effectiveness ◽  
Government Data ◽  
Data Tables

Recent years have witnessed progress of public institutions in making their datasets available online, free of charge, for re-use. There have been however limited studies which assess the actual effectiveness of different communication media in making key facts visible to citizens. This article analysed and systematically compared two representations which are relevant in the context of open government data: geovisualizations and data tables. An empirical user study (N=16) revealed that both types of representations have their strengths: geovisualizations make spatial knowledge and the attractiveness of open government data more visible, while data tables are more adequate for the communication of numerical data. The ideas presented are relevant to open data publishers interested in strategies to effectively put the hidden knowledge in current open government datasets into the hands of citizens.

Current Barriers to Open Government Data Use and Visualization by Political Intermediaries

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome Brugger ◽  
Marianne Fraefel ◽  
Reinhard Riedl ◽  
Hansjakob Fehr ◽  
Daniel Schoeneck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Use ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Government Data

scholarly journals Smarter Open Government Data for Society 5.0: Are Your Open Data Smart Enough?

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (15) ◽  
pp. 5204
Author(s):  
Anastasija Nikiforova
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Open Government Data ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Government Data

Nowadays, governments launch open government data (OGD) portals that provide data that can be accessed and used by everyone for their own needs. Although the potential economic value of open (government) data is assessed in millions and billions, not all open data are reused. Moreover, the open (government) data initiative as well as users’ intent for open (government) data are changing continuously and today, in line with IoT and smart city trends, real-time data and sensor-generated data have higher interest for users. These “smarter” open (government) data are also considered to be one of the crucial drivers for the sustainable economy, and might have an impact on information and communication technology (ICT) innovation and become a creativity bridge in developing a new ecosystem in Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0. The paper inspects OGD portals of 60 countries in order to understand the correspondence of their content to the Society 5.0 expectations. The paper provides a report on how much countries provide these data, focusing on some open (government) data success facilitating factors for both the portal in general and data sets of interest in particular. The presence of “smarter” data, their level of accessibility, availability, currency and timeliness, as well as support for users, are analyzed. The list of most competitive countries by data category are provided. This makes it possible to understand which OGD portals react to users’ needs, Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0 request the opening and updating of data for their further potential reuse, which is essential in the digital data-driven world.

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