The culture of open data in Latin America and the promotion of transparency and access to information

Abstract:

The culture of open data allows governments to improve transparency processes, and they are also a useful means of communicating about public management and accountability. States have a legal instrument such as the Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information, legislative mechanisms at the governmental level to guarantee access to data. Policies that also contribute to the exercise and development of journalism in each territory. For this reason, this research considers it relevant to present a content analysis, typical of qualitative studies, to the Open Data Catalogs of 19 Latin American countries. The methodology used is qualitative with which the observation and analysis of the Open Data Catalogs is established. The objective is to determine the mechanisms of transparency and access to information implemented the governments and to observe the quality, quantity and associated use of information in the data journalism. It is concluded that the quality, quantity of data and democratic access to information is subject to political will.

Año de publicación:

2020

Keywords:

• open data
• Transparency Law
• access to information
• Data culture

Fuente:

scopus