BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:“The Ambiguous Meaning of Open Government: \;Canadian Journ alists\, Parliamentarians and \;Bloggers Define Open Government Differ ently." \; Guest Speaker: \;Simon Kiss\, Associate Professor\, Dig ital Media and Journalism and Leadership\, Wilfrid Laurier University.&nbs p\;The results of a 2014 survey of Canadian parliamentarians\, journalists and bloggers in which respondents were asked to rank competing definition s of open government. Overall\, respondents preferred to define open gover nment in terms of access to information and sources. However\, we also fou nd that respondents in the different positions rank definitions of open go vernment differently. Government parliamentarians are less likely than opp osition parliamentarians to define open government in terms of access to i nformation and politicians being accessible and accountable\, while journa lists are more likely to do so. In addition\, government politicians are m uch less likely than opposition politicians to define open government in t erms of making officials and technical experts available to answer questio ns. These results suggest that key actors in the Canadian policy landscape define open government in ways that are consistent with their institution al interests. We suggest that this reflects ways in which open government operates more like a buzzword. This helps to explain the all too common pa ttern whereby opposition parties make promises to be more open\, and\, aft er taking power\, operate in less than open ways. \;  \;Conversati ons in Conflict Studies is a weekly educational speaker series for student s\, faculty\, and the community. The series\, sponsored by PARCC\, draws i ts speakers from Syracuse University faculty\, national and international scholars and activists\, and PhD students. Pizza is served. Follow us on T witter @PARCCatMaxwell\, tweet #ConvoInConflict.If you require accommodati ons\, please contact Deborah Toole by email at datoole@syr.edu or by phone at 315.443.2367. \; DTEND:20180404T174500Z DTSTAMP:20260517T074025Z DTSTART:20180404T164500Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Conversations in Conflict Studies with Simon Kiss UID:RFCALITEM639145860255042596 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“The Ambiguous Meaning of Open Gove rnment: \;Canadian Journalists\, Parliamentarians and \;Bloggers D efine Open Government Differently." \; Guest Speaker: \;< em>Simon Kiss\, Associate Professor\, Digital Media and Journalism an d Leadership\, Wilfrid Laurier University. \;
The results of a 2014 survey of Canadian parliamentarians\, journalists and bloggers in which r espondents were asked to rank competing definitions of open government. Ov erall\, respondents preferred to define open government in terms of access to information and sources. However\, we also found that respondents in t he different positions rank definitions of open government differently. Go vernment parliamentarians are less likely than opposition parliamentarians to define open government in terms of access to information and politicia ns being accessible and accountable\, while journalists are more likely to do so. In addition\, government politicians are much less likely than opp osition politicians to define open government in terms of making officials and technical experts available to answer questions. These results sugges t that key actors in the Canadian policy landscape define open government in ways that are consistent with their institutional interests. We suggest that this reflects ways in which open government operates more like a buz zword. This helps to explain the all too common pattern whereby opposition parties make promises to be more open\, and\, after taking power\, operat e in less than open ways. \;  \;

Conversations in Conflict Studies is a weekly educational speaker series for students\, faculty\, an d the community. The series\, sponsored by PARCC\, draws its speakers from Syracuse University faculty\, national and international scholars and act ivists\, and PhD students. Pizza is served. Follow us on Twitter @PARCCatM axwell\, tweet #ConvoInConflict.

If you require accommodations\ , please contact Deborah Toole by email at datoole@syr.edu or by phone at 315.443.2367. \;

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