FOI scholarship reflects a return to secrecy

When Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto launched the third summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in October 2015, protesters disputed his highly scripted account of his government’s transparency. The OGP may be growing but increasingly scholars and journalists are reporting a degradation...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Greg Treadwell
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2016
Materias:	freedom of information New Zealand Official Information Act open government partnership state secrecy transparency Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/e36d7763929746ec86f338d92c1985c5
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:e36d7763929746ec86f338d92c1985c5
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e36d7763929746ec86f338d92c1985c52021-12-02T08:24:59ZFOI scholarship reflects a return to secrecy10.24135/pjr.v22i1.161023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/e36d7763929746ec86f338d92c1985c52016-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/16https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035When Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto launched the third summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in October 2015, protesters disputed his highly scripted account of his government’s transparency. The OGP may be growing but increasingly scholars and journalists are reporting a degradation of freedom of information (FOI), even in comparatively open societies like Aotearoa/New Zealand. Stemming from a doctoral review of FOI scholarship, this article traces FOI’s origins and role in democratic governance and finds scholarssituate access to state-held information as a fundamental human right. However, it describes scepticism among journalism practitioners and researchers alike about the realpolitik success of FOI regimes. Researchers have recorded tendencies back to state secrecy since the declaration of the so-called war on terror and document various other FOI failures, from blatant disregard for the law to an ever-growing structural pluralism that is casting shadows over state expenditure. This article also considers literature on Aotearoa-New Zealand’s FOI regime, work largely produced by legal-studies and policy-studies scholars. It outlines what research does exist within journalism studies but contends a lack of more significant contributions has restricted our understanding of the regime.Greg TreadwellAsia Pacific Networkarticlefreedom of informationNew ZealandOfficial Information Actopen government partnershipstate secrecytransparencyCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 22, Iss 1 (2016)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	freedom of information New Zealand Official Information Act open government partnership state secrecy transparency Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
spellingShingle	freedom of information New Zealand Official Information Act open government partnership state secrecy transparency Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650 Greg Treadwell FOI scholarship reflects a return to secrecy
description	When Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto launched the third summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in October 2015, protesters disputed his highly scripted account of his government’s transparency. The OGP may be growing but increasingly scholars and journalists are reporting a degradation of freedom of information (FOI), even in comparatively open societies like Aotearoa/New Zealand. Stemming from a doctoral review of FOI scholarship, this article traces FOI’s origins and role in democratic governance and finds scholarssituate access to state-held information as a fundamental human right. However, it describes scepticism among journalism practitioners and researchers alike about the realpolitik success of FOI regimes. Researchers have recorded tendencies back to state secrecy since the declaration of the so-called war on terror and document various other FOI failures, from blatant disregard for the law to an ever-growing structural pluralism that is casting shadows over state expenditure. This article also considers literature on Aotearoa-New Zealand’s FOI regime, work largely produced by legal-studies and policy-studies scholars. It outlines what research does exist within journalism studies but contends a lack of more significant contributions has restricted our understanding of the regime.
format	article
author	Greg Treadwell
author_facet	Greg Treadwell
author_sort	Greg Treadwell
title	FOI scholarship reflects a return to secrecy
title_short	FOI scholarship reflects a return to secrecy
title_full	FOI scholarship reflects a return to secrecy
title_fullStr	FOI scholarship reflects a return to secrecy
title_full_unstemmed	FOI scholarship reflects a return to secrecy
title_sort	foi scholarship reflects a return to secrecy
publisher	Asia Pacific Network
publishDate	2016
url	https://doaj.org/article/e36d7763929746ec86f338d92c1985c5
work_keys_str_mv	AT gregtreadwell foischolarshipreflectsareturntosecrecy
_version_	1718398575420899328

FOI scholarship reflects a return to secrecy

Ejemplares similares