Open Data and the Knowledge Society Bridgette Wessels, Rachel L. Finn, Kush Wadhwa and Thordis Sveinsdottir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wessels, Bridgette, author.

Sveinsdottir, Thordis, author.

Wadhwa, Kush, author.

Finn, Rachel L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information society--Social aspects.

Information society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

While there is a lot of talk about how we now live in a knowledge society, the reality has been less impressive: We have yet to truly transition to a knowledge society - in part, this book argues, because discussion mostly focuses on a knowledge economy and information society rather than on ways to mobilise to create an actual knowledge society. That all may change, however, with the rise of open data and big data. This book considers the role of the open data movement in fostering transformation, showing that at the heart of any successful mobilisation will be an emerging open data ecosystem and new ways for societal actors to effectively produce and use data.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of acronyms

1. Introduction

2. Defining a 'knowledge society'

3. Visions of open data

4. Mobilising open data

5. Institutions in the data ecosystem / Noorman, Merel

6. Mobilising data

7. Mobilising data / Bigagli, Lorenzo / Nativi, Stefano

8. Navigating legal and ethical frameworks

9. Big data, open data and the commercial sector

10. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-197) and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0https://www.aup.nl/en/publish/open-access

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-70086-1

1-04-078168-3

90-485-2936-0

9781003700869

OCLC:

982228494