Civic engagement analysis of select open data portals

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dc.contributor.advisorFlamm, Kenneth, 1951-en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGreenberg, Sherri Ren
dc.creatorHadjigeorge, Nicholas Georgeen
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-6708-5526en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-13T16:47:46Zen
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T22:29:06Z
dc.date.available2015-11-13T16:47:46Zen
dc.date.available2018-01-22T22:29:06Z
dc.date.issued2015-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2015en
dc.date.updated2015-11-13T16:47:46Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractGovernments and non-profit institutions increasingly are publishing data on the Internet in databases known as open data portals. The data is freely available, accessible, and used by citizens and application developers. However, there is little research about the relationship between open data portal characteristics and their effect on civic engagement. In addition to an overview of open data portals, user behavior, and civic applications, this report analyzes portal-level panel data across 36 months and 14 portals to estimate the effects of portal characteristics on civic engagement. Results show that portals with frequently updated data experience more civic engagement. These empirical findings validate the open data principle of timeliness, and are important for policy- makers designing open data policies to maximize the potential for users to add value to open data.en
dc.description.departmentPublic Affairsen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T29331en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/32431en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectOpen dataen
dc.subjectOpen governmenten
dc.subjectOpen data portalen
dc.subjectSocrataen
dc.subjectCivic engagementen
dc.subjectCivic applicationen
dc.subjectUser analyticsen
dc.titleCivic engagement analysis of select open data portalsen
dc.typeThesisen

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