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Current Barriers to Open Government Data Use and Visualization by Political Intermediaries

Jérôme Brugger, Marianne Fraefel, Reinhard Riedl, Hansjakob Fehr, Daniel Schoeneck, Christoph Staehli Weissbrod

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This paper explores the effective use and practical potential of open government data visualizations by media, political parties, associations and NGOs. Furthermore, it analyses the main barriers to the use of open government data by these user groups. The paper summarizes the state of research and broadens the current perspective based on empirical data from Switzerland. Finally, the paper suggests actions in order to foster the use of OGD and improve the capabilities of these user groups.

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This paper explores the effective use and practical potential of open government data visualizations by media, political parties, associations and NGOs. Furthermore, it analyses the main barriers to the use of open government data by these user groups. The paper summarizes the state of research and broadens the current perspective based on empirical data from Switzerland. Finally, the paper suggests actions in order to foster the use of OGD and improve the capabilities of these user groups.

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This paper explores the effective use and practical potential of open government data visualizations by media, political parties, associations and NGOs. Furthermore, it analyses the main barriers to the use of open government data by these user groups. The paper summarizes the state of research and broadens the current perspective based on empirical data from Switzerland. Finally, the paper suggests actions in order to foster the use of OGD and improve the capabilities of these user groups.

Key concepts: Intermediary, Open government, Open data, Government (linguistics), Politics, Visualization, Computer science, Perspective (graphical)

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