Transparency of civil society websites: Towards a model for evaluation websites transparency

Ricardo Matheus, Marijn Janssen

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Abstract

Although various scholars have researched issues regarding transparency of public policies websites, few have studied transparency made by civil society for citizens that want to do social control of governments. The need for transparency is caused by the information asymmetry between the public and the government. Furthermore there is no model explaining which factors influencing transparency. Using literature an initial model is created of factors influencing transparency of websites. Each one of those dimensions are detailed using one or more propositions derived from literature review. Factors found include interpretation, accessibility, data quality, usage whereas as facilitating conditions experience, age, gender and education where found. The model will be validated in subsequent research.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 7th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages 166-169
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4503-2456-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
EventInternational Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance 2013 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 22 Oct 201325 Oct 2013

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance 2013
Abbreviated titleICEGOV '13
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period22/10/1325/10/13

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