Transparency in Politics and the Media

Transparency in Politics and the Media
Title Transparency in Politics and the Media PDF eBook
Author Nigel Bowles
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 301
Release 2013-10-28
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 0857734598

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Increasingly governments around the world are experimenting with initiatives in transparency or 'open government'. These involve a variety of measures including the announcement of more user-friendly government websites, greater access to government data, the extension of freedom of information legislation and broader attempts to involve the public in government decision making. However, the role of the media in these initiatives has not hitherto been examined. This volume analyses the challenges and opportunities presented to journalists as they attempt to hold governments accountable in an era of professed transparency. In examining how transparency and open government initiatives have affected the accountability role of the press in the US and the UK, it also explores how policies in these two countries could change in the future to help journalists hold governments more accountable. This volume will be essential reading for all practising journalists, for students of journalism or politics, and for policymakers.

Making Politics Work for Development

Making Politics Work for Development
Title Making Politics Work for Development PDF eBook
Author World Bank
Publisher World Bank Publications
Pages 350
Release 2016-07-14
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1464807744

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Governments fail to provide the public goods needed for development when its leaders knowingly and deliberately ignore sound technical advice or are unable to follow it, despite the best of intentions, because of political constraints. This report focuses on two forces—citizen engagement and transparency—that hold the key to solving government failures by shaping how political markets function. Citizens are not only queueing at voting booths, but are also taking to the streets and using diverse media to pressure, sanction and select the leaders who wield power within government, including by entering as contenders for leadership. This political engagement can function in highly nuanced ways within the same formal institutional context and across the political spectrum, from autocracies to democracies. Unhealthy political engagement, when leaders are selected and sanctioned on the basis of their provision of private benefits rather than public goods, gives rise to government failures. The solutions to these failures lie in fostering healthy political engagement within any institutional context, and not in circumventing or suppressing it. Transparency, which is citizen access to publicly available information about the actions of those in government, and the consequences of these actions, can play a crucial role by nourishing political engagement.

Social Media and Democracy

Social Media and Democracy
Title Social Media and Democracy PDF eBook
Author Nathaniel Persily
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 365
Release 2020-09-03
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1108835554

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A state-of-the-art account of what we know and do not know about the effects of digital technology on democracy.

Strategic Communication and Deformative Transparency

Strategic Communication and Deformative Transparency
Title Strategic Communication and Deformative Transparency PDF eBook
Author Isaac Nahon-Serfaty
Publisher Routledge
Pages 151
Release 2018-09-03
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1317221044

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This book examines deformative transparency and its different manifestations in political communication, propaganda and public health. The objective is to present the theoretical foundations of deformative transparency, as grotesque and esperpentic transparency, and illustrate the validity of such approach to understand the strategic and ethical implications of the proactive disclosure of the "shocking", "ugly" or "outside the norm". Four areas are discussed: political communication with particular focus on populist politicians as the deceased Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, the campaign and presidency of Donald Trump, and the tenure in office of the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford; propaganda strategies of Islamist terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State’s escalation of the visually horrific; and public health campaigns that use "disturbing images" to promote public awareness and eventually influence behavioural change. This study on the transparently grotesque is part of a research program about the economy of emotions in public communication.

Social Media and Political Accountability

Social Media and Political Accountability
Title Social Media and Political Accountability PDF eBook
Author Andrea Ceron
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Pages 236
Release 2018-05-13
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9783319849492

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This book illustrates how social media platforms enable us to understand everyday politics and evaluates the extent to which they can foster accountability, transparency and responsiveness. The first part focuses on accountability and tests whether the offline behavior of politicians is consistent with their online declarations, showing that textual analysis of politicians’ messages is useful to explain phenomena such as endorsements, party splits and appointments to cabinet. The second part concerns responsiveness. By means of sentiment analysis, it investigates the shape of the interaction between citizens and politicians determining whether politicians’ behavior is influenced by the pressure exerted on social media both on policy and non-policy issues. Finally, the book evaluates whether a responsive behavior is successful in restoring online political trust, narrowing the gap between voters and political elites. The book will be of use to students, scholars and practitioners interested in party organization, intra-party politics, legislative politics, social media analysis and political communication, as well as politicians themselves.

Government Transparency

Government Transparency
Title Government Transparency PDF eBook
Author T. Erkkilä
Publisher Springer
Pages 291
Release 2012-09-17
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1137035544

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Transparency has become a global concept of responsible government. This book argues that the transnational discourse of transparency promotes potentially contradictory policy ideas that can lead to unintended consequences. It critically examines whether or not increased transparency really leads to increased democratic accountability.

Transparency in Government Operations

Transparency in Government Operations
Title Transparency in Government Operations PDF eBook
Author Mr.J. D. Craig
Publisher International Monetary Fund
Pages 50
Release 1998-02-03
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 155775697X

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Transparency in government operations is widely regarded as an important precondition for macroeconomic fiscal sustainability, good governance, and overall fiscal rectitude. Notably, the Interim Committee, at its April and September 1996 meetings, stressed the need for greater fiscal transparency. Prompted by these concerns, this paper represents a first attempt to address many of the aspects of transparency in government operations. It provides an overview of major issues in fiscal transparency and examines the IMF's role in promoting transparency in government operations.