TY - JOUR
T1 - Citizen-generated open data: An explorative analysis of 25 cases
AU - Meijer, Albert
AU - Potjer, Suzanne
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - Citizen-generated open data is the data that individuals consciously generate and that are openly available for use in the public domain. The promise of citizen-generated data is that it generates a basis for public governance. We conducted an explorative comparative case study research of 25 cases in different countries to enhance our understanding of this multi-actor collaboration and mapped the variation in (1) citizen motivations to generate data, (2) the organization of data intermediaries and (3) influence on public governance. We found that citizen-generated data can indeed provide better information for public governance but, at the same time, citizen-generated data can also be used to challenge current positions and power structures. The contribution of citizen-generated data to public governance should thus be understood in terms of both collaboration and contestation.
AB - Citizen-generated open data is the data that individuals consciously generate and that are openly available for use in the public domain. The promise of citizen-generated data is that it generates a basis for public governance. We conducted an explorative comparative case study research of 25 cases in different countries to enhance our understanding of this multi-actor collaboration and mapped the variation in (1) citizen motivations to generate data, (2) the organization of data intermediaries and (3) influence on public governance. We found that citizen-generated data can indeed provide better information for public governance but, at the same time, citizen-generated data can also be used to challenge current positions and power structures. The contribution of citizen-generated data to public governance should thus be understood in terms of both collaboration and contestation.
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/79b3ac53-4bfd-3c32-a163-5e84074c8628/
U2 - 10.1016/j.giq.2018.10.004
DO - 10.1016/j.giq.2018.10.004
M3 - Article
SN - 0740-624X
VL - 35
SP - 613
EP - 621
JO - Government Information Quarterly
JF - Government Information Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -