02752nam a22003971i 4500 ebr10814478 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 130724s2014 enka ob 001 0 eng d 9780857723154 (e-book) 9781780766768 CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR (OCoLC)868922027 JC598 .T736 2014eb 352.88 23 Transparency in politics and the media : accountability and open government / edited by Nigel Bowles, James T. Hamilton and David A.L. Levy. London : I.B. Tauris, 2014. 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Origins of the Freedom of Information Act in the United States / Michael Schudson -- Impact of transparency on accountability / Peter Riddell -- The impact of the Freedom of Information Act in the UK / Benjamin Worthy and Robert Hazell -- Valuing transparency in government and media / Patrick Birkinshaw -- Transparencies / John Lloyd -- Transparency and public policy: where open government fails accountability / Sarah Cohen -- Truth vigilantes: on journalism and transparency / Philip Bennett -- Data and transparency: perils and progress / Jennifer LaFleur -- The transparency opportunity: holding power to account - or making power accountable? / Paul Bradshaw -- Data, data everywhere: open data versus big data in the quest of transparency / Helen Margetts -- Corporations and transparency: improving consumer markets and increasing public accountability / Joel Gurin and Beth Simone Noveck -- The rise of NGOs and nonprofit media / Charles Lewis -- Keeping American accountability journalism alive / Leonard Downie Jr. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Government and the press. Transparency in government. Electronic books. Bowles, Nigel. Hamilton, James, 1961- Levy, David A. L. Print version: Transparency in politics and the media : accountability and open government. London : I.B. Tauris, 2014 xxiii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. 9781780766768 (OCoLC)858826014 ebrary. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10814478 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 81368 81368