[ddj] Harvard study on the potential of open data and data journalism in a democracy

[Liliana Bounegru]

Dear all,

I thought you might be interested in this Harvard study on the potential of
open data in a democracy, which discusses data journalism as one valuable
area of application.

*In the information economy, data is power and we face a choice between
democratizing it and holding on to it for an asymmetrical advantage.*
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*Channeling the power of this open data and the network effect can help:*


   1. *Fight government corruption, improve accountability and enhance
   government services*
   2. *Change the default setting of government to open, transparent and
   participatory*
   3. *Create new models of journalism to separate signal from noise to
   provide meaningful insights*
   4. *Launch multi-billion dollar businesses based on public sector data*

You can read the full paper here:

http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/discussion_papers/d70_kundra.html?utm_source=Shorenstein+Center&utm_campaign=5e1aa3dccb-Vivek_Kundra_paper1_19_2012&utm_medium=email
.

All the best,

Liliana
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