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Transparency in politics and the media : accountability and open government / edited by Nigel Bowles, James T. Hamilton and David A.L. Levy.

Contributor(s): Bowles, Nigel [editor.] | Hamilton, James, 1961- [editor.] | Levy, David A. L [editor.] | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism [publisher.]Publisher: London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, in association with the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, 2014Description: xxiii, 238 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781780766751; 9781780766768Subject(s): Transparency in government | Government and the press | Government accountability | Freedom of information | Press and politicsDDC classification: 070.44932
Contents:
Origins of the Freedom of Information Act in the United States / Michael Schudson -- Impact of transparency on accountability / Peter Riddell -- The impact of the Freedom of Information Act in the UK / Benjamin Worthy and Robert Hazell -- Valuing transparency in government and media / Patrick Birkinshaw -- Transparencies / John Lloyd -- Transparency and public policy : where open government fails accountability / Sarah Cohen -- Truth vigilantes : on journalism and transparency / Philip Bennett -- Data and transparency : perils and progress / Jennifer LaFleur -- The transparency opportunity : holding power to account - or making power accountable? / Paul Bradshaw -- Data, data everywhere : open data versus big data in the quest of transparency / Helen Margetts -- Corporations and transparency : improving consumer markets and increasing public accountability / Joel Gurin and Beth Simone Noveck -- The rise of NGOs and nonprofit media / Charles Lewis -- Keeping American accountability journalism alive / Leonard Downie Jr.
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Book Millbank Dewey 070.44932 TRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 018236

Origins of the Freedom of Information Act in the United States / Michael Schudson -- Impact of transparency on accountability / Peter Riddell -- The impact of the Freedom of Information Act in the UK / Benjamin Worthy and Robert Hazell -- Valuing transparency in government and media / Patrick Birkinshaw -- Transparencies / John Lloyd -- Transparency and public policy : where open government fails accountability / Sarah Cohen -- Truth vigilantes : on journalism and transparency / Philip Bennett -- Data and transparency : perils and progress / Jennifer LaFleur -- The transparency opportunity : holding power to account - or making power accountable? / Paul Bradshaw -- Data, data everywhere : open data versus big data in the quest of transparency / Helen Margetts -- Corporations and transparency : improving consumer markets and increasing public accountability / Joel Gurin and Beth Simone Noveck -- The rise of NGOs and nonprofit media / Charles Lewis -- Keeping American accountability journalism alive / Leonard Downie Jr.

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