Suspicion and Secrecy: Political Attitudes and Their Relationship to Support for Freedom of Information

Cuillier, David; Pinkleton, Bruce E.

doi:10.1080/10811680.2011.586302

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“…We measured scepticism using the following items adapted from Cuillier and Pinkleton (2011) and Pinkleton et al (2012): it is important to critically evaluate statements made by government officials; I think about the things elected officials say before I accept them as believable; it is important to critically evaluate what news stories say. These three items, each measured on a 5-point Likert-type scale (1 = strongly disagree; 5 = strongly agree), formed an averaged index ( M = 3.98, SD = 0.75, α = 0.74).…”

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Creative Self-efficacy, Political Decision-making, and Offline and Online Political Participation

Kushin

Dalisay

Kim

et al. 2022

Journal of Creative Communications

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Creativity plays an important role in politics in both online and offline spaces. Creative forms of political participation have long been tools of disenfranchised groups in their efforts to influence the government. Further, the rise of online creative participatory cultures has afforded new opportunities for civic and political involvement. Creative forms of participatory politics have the potential to facilitate exposure to ideas, foster dialogues, influence agendas and serve as ways to back talk authority. While many avenues for political involvement are creative, the role creativity may play in citizens’ political engagement is not well understood. This study examined the role of creative self-efficacy in political engagement and civic outcomes. Creative self-efficacy represents a belief in one’s ability to produce creative outcomes. A survey of participants living in Australia, South Korea, the Philippines and the USA (USA, Hawaii and Guam) ( N = 807) was conducted. Findings suggest that creative self-efficacy was positively associated with political efficacy and scepticism and not associated with apathy. Creative self-efficacy was indirectly associated with offline and online political participation through political efficacy. The implications of these findings are discussed in context of the role creative self-efficacy may play in impacting political outcomes.

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Creative Self-efficacy, Political Decision-making, and Offline and Online Political Participation

Kushin

Dalisay

Kim

et al. 2022

Journal of Creative Communications

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“…In a survey of a random sample of the U.S. population, Cuillier (2008) found that support for the press and its role in democracy is associated with higher levels of favorability toward granting access to public records. In another study relying on a random-sample survey of residents in the U.S. state of Washington, Cuillier and Pinkleton (2011) found that political liberalism, skepticism, and cynicism were strongly correlated with support for government transparency. These studies beg the question of whether similar opinions and psychographics could influence public records officers' attitudes toward transparency-and, concomitantly, their actions within the transparency process.…”

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“…The first group of statements explores opinions toward government transparency in general. These statements are based on studies by Cuillier (2008;Cuillier & Pinkleton, 2011) that have explored attitudes toward transparency among the general public. In particular, statements seek to address the extent to which public records officers feel a duty toward transparency versus a duty toward protecting their agency through keeping records secret (see Table 2, below, for questions).…”

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Public Records Officers' Perspectives on Transparency and Journalism

Johnson

2020

JOCI

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Public records officers are often the first point of contact for citizens and journalists requesting public records through state and federal sunshine laws. Very little research has explored the opinions of public records officers about the process of open records requests, particularly in the context of journalism. Adopting a theoretical framework synthesizing the sociology of law with journalistic discursive institutionalism, this study applies an exploratory survey to better understand this aspect of the open government process. Findings suggest that public records officers exhibit a high level of paternalism, challenging journalists’ foundational discursive role as government watchdogs. These findings offer guidance for journalists and public records officers on how to better cooperate with each other in the transparency process.

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“…FOI research that incorporates an audit component tells us something about how government agencies relate to FOI law and FOI users, but also reveals patterns in how FOI regimes function and change over time. Contributing to international literature on FOI and government transparency (Capeloto, 2014;Cuillier & Pinkleton, 2011;Grimmelikhuijsen et al, 2018;Wasike, 2016;Worthy et al, 2017), we assess FOI audits performed by journalism agencies as well as access advocacy groups to assess how these audits are designed and what trends appear. By examining trends in FOI audits, we hope to further reveal their importance as a form of research but also as a way of advocating for citizens and social change through identifying and addressing problems with FOI regimes and other government processes.…”

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Freedom of Information Audits as Access Advocacy

Walby

Yaremko²

2020

JOCI

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To evaluate the performance of FOI regimes, associations of journalists and other groups undertake FOI audits. These audits assess the depth of disclosure, the use of exemptions, among other indicators of the health of FOI laws. Drawing on a thematic analysis of FOI audits, we examine how these audits are conducted and what the audits reveal about FOI in multiple jurisdictions. We discern four themes in these audits: (1) law enforcement and security hindrance of FOI, (2) a link between FOI advocacy and struggles for government transparency, (3) gross abuses of FOI, and (4) the potential for social change. Arguing that FOI audits are a form of access advocacy, we suggest future FOI audits could be more community-based and participatory. We also provide recommendations for those undertaking future FOI audits.

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Suspicion and Secrecy: Political Attitudes and Their Relationship to Support for Freedom of Information

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Creative Self-efficacy, Political Decision-making, and Offline and Online Political Participation

Creative Self-efficacy, Political Decision-making, and Offline and Online Political Participation

Public Records Officers' Perspectives on Transparency and Journalism

Freedom of Information Audits as Access Advocacy

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