Amanda Meng at ODHK meet.29: Open Government Data & Social Impact, 12th May 2015

1. OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA
AND SOCIAL IMPACT
OGD + social movement
Amanda Meng, PhD Candidate
Georgia Institute ofTechnology

2. AGENDA
how i got here
the research focus
the research question
the research design
preliminary evidence

3. Imbert, Puerto Plata, Republica Dominicana

4. Imbert, Puerto Plata, Republica Dominicana

5. Imbert, Puerto Plata, Republica Dominicana

6. Imbert, Puerto Plata, Republica Dominicana

7. THE RESEARCH FOCUS
opening up closed power spaces through
networked technologies

8. THE RESEARCH QUESTION
how do social movements make use of open
government data as a tool for advocacy?

9. THE RESEARCH FOCUS
OGD and ICTs
for democracy
social movement
democratic theory
socio-technical skills;
data intermediation
legal frameworks
data portals
agonistic pluralism;
political mechanisms for
engagement

10. THE RESEARCH FOCUS
OGD and ICTs
for democracy
social movement
democratic theory
socio-technical skills;
data intermediation
legal frameworks
data portals
agonistic pluralism;
political mechanisms for
engagement
Histogram: Open Data Baromoter Social Impact Scores 2014
Frequency
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15
30
45
60
Social Impact Scores
0 to 10 10 to 20 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 50 to 60 60 to 70 70 to 80 80 to 90 90 to 100
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Scatter Plot: Open Data Baromoter Implementation and Social Impact
Scores
ODBSocialImpactScore
-25
0
25
50
75
100
ODB Implementation Score
0 25 50 75 100
R² = 0.3601

11. THE RESEARCH FOCUS
OGD and ICTs
for democracy
social movement
democratic theory
socio-technical skills;
data intermediation
legal frameworks
data portals
agonistic pluralism;
political mechanisms for
engagement
Histogram: Open Data Baromoter Social Impact Scores 2014
Frequency
0
15
30
45
60
Social Impact Scores
0 to 10 10 to 20 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 50 to 60 60 to 70 70 to 80 80 to 90 90 to 100
2
0123
5
1
4
12
56
Scatter Plot: Open Data Baromoter Implementation and Social Impact
Scores
ODBSocialImpactScore
-25
0
25
50
75
100
ODB Implementation Score
0 25 50 75 100
R² = 0.3601
Q: to what extent has
open data had a
noticeable impact on
increasing the inclusion of
marginalized groups in
policy making and
accessing government
services?

12. THE RESEARCH FOCUS
OGD and ICTs
for democracy
social movement
democratic theory
socio-technical skills;
data intermediation
legal frameworks
data portals
agonistic pluralism;
political mechanisms for
engagement
Q: to what extent has
open data had a
noticeable impact on
increasing the inclusion of
marginalized groups in
policy making and
accessing government
services?

13. THE RESEARCH DESIGN
OGD and ICTs
for democracy
social movement
democratic theory
socio-technical skills;
data intermediation
legal frameworks
data portals
agonistic pluralism;
political mechanisms for
engagement
process trace

14. THE RESEARCH DESIGN
comparative case
study: employing
qualitative process
tracing
Dominican Republic
2009 - 2012
Chile
2011 - 2014
Hong Kong
2014

15. PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE
[comparative case study employing qualitative process tracing]
Dominican Republic
2009 - 2012
Chile
2011 - 2013
Hong Kong
2014
Framers teachers students students
Claim 4% public education spending de-privatize education system direct election
Dataset
budget (Ministry and National),
census, legislative texts
budget (Ministry, schools,
national), CEP, OECD, legislative
texts
Political
Mechanism
demonstrations, petitions,
elections, presidential decree
demonstrations, lobbying,
elections
demonstrations, public
referendum
Outcome
increase of public spending
from 2 to 4 percent
restructured government
coalition; Reforma Escolar

16. THE RESEARCH DESIGN
crowdssocial
groups
research
think tanks
social
movement
halls of
government
elected office
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claims
reuse
political
mechanisms
civil servant
framing
repertoire of
contention
diagram key
opportunity for
reuse of OGD
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open government
data
social actor
political actor
processes
data
intermediary
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011
bureaucracy
011

17. CHILE AND HONG KONG
democratic
transition
political
mechanisms
social
movement
Public
Records Law
Right to
Information
Datasets on
gov portal
Chile 1988
(1) voting
(2) government
coalition building
(3) legislation drafting
(4) appointments
demonstrations,
petitions, letter/
e-mail writing,
awareness
campaigning
1927; 2001 1989; 2008 1,198
Hong
Kong
1997
(1) voting
(2) government
coalition building
(3) legislation
drafting
(4) appointments
demonstrations,
petitions, letter/
e-mail writing,
awareness
campaigning
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18. THE RESEARCH DESIGN
crowds
FECH
OECD
social
movement
halls of
government
elected office
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claims
reuse
civil servant
framing
diagram key
opportunity for
reuse of OGD
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open government
data
social actor
political actor
processes
Fundación SOL
and CENDA
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010011010101001101
011
MINUC, CEP
011
CENDA
flash mobs strike
sit-in
elections
appointments
legislation drafting

19. CONTINUED WORK
?
? crowds
social
movement
halls of
government
elected office
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claims
reuse
civil servant
framing
diagram key
opportunity for
reuse of OGD
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open government
data
social actor
political actor
processes
?
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010011010101001101
011
bureaucracy
011
?