Abstract
The current emphasis on organizational and institutional transparency – driven by NGOs, inquisitive media, critical investors and other engaged stakeholders – signifies a growing demand for insight, clarity, participation and democracy. Holding the promise of improved access to valid and trustworthy knowledge about contemporary organizations, the transparency discourse has significant democratic potential. Yet, its most common operationalization – as information availability – reinstalls a “purified” notion of communication devoid of mystery, inaccuracy and misrepresentation. In this paper, we apply transparency to itself by unpacking its implicit model of communication and critiquing its ignorance towards the representative nature of current transparency practices. The critique unfolds the ambiguous nature of the transparency pursuit and demonstrates how its desire for insight, clarity, participation and democracy are counteracted by new types of opacity.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Publikationsdato | 2013 |
Antal sider | 37 |
Status | Udgivet - 2013 |
Begivenhed | The 63rd Annual International Communication Association Conference. ICA 2013 - Hilton London Metropole Hotel, London, Storbritannien Varighed: 17 jun. 2013 → 21 jun. 2013 Konferencens nummer: 63 http://www.icahdq.org/conf/2013/program.asp |
Konference
Konference | The 63rd Annual International Communication Association Conference. ICA 2013 |
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Nummer | 63 |
Lokation | Hilton London Metropole Hotel |
Land/Område | Storbritannien |
By | London |
Periode | 17/06/2013 → 21/06/2013 |
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Bibliografisk note
Paper also presented at The 3rd Global Conference on Transparency Research.okt. 24 2013 - okt. 26, 2013. Paris, Frankrig
Emneord
- Transparency
- Communication
- Representation
- Organization
- Democracy