Answer any TWO of the provided questions. Each answer should be three paragraphs long .
1. Broadly, what is civic technology? Discuss the movement and its aims. What developments in
information technology enabled its rise?
2. Discuss three reasons why information managers might be reluctant to share government data
(or post through online portals). Be sure to provide expansion on the rationales used, such as risk.
3. Discuss three problems with the civic technology movement. Explain how each problem
undercuts the potential of the movement to craft effective solutions.
4. What are Smart Cities? Define, then discuss the technological differences underlying the Smart
Cities 1.0, Smart City 2.0, and Smart City 3.0 movements.
5. Discuss the role of the chief data/information officer in cities. What sort of tasks (or city
functions) do they manage? Be sure to focus their responsibilities for communicating, managing
and analyzing data.
6. What is data-driven journalism? Discuss the process by which data-driven journalism occurs.
Discuss an example (real or theoretical) about the kind of story that might result from this process..
Answer any TWO of the provided questions Each answer should.pdf
1. Answer any TWO of the provided questions. Each answer should be three paragraphs long .
1. Broadly, what is civic technology? Discuss the movement and its aims. What developments in
information technology enabled its rise?
2. Discuss three reasons why information managers might be reluctant to share government data
(or post through online portals). Be sure to provide expansion on the rationales used, such as risk.
3. Discuss three problems with the civic technology movement. Explain how each problem
undercuts the potential of the movement to craft effective solutions.
4. What are Smart Cities? Define, then discuss the technological differences underlying the Smart
Cities 1.0, Smart City 2.0, and Smart City 3.0 movements.
5. Discuss the role of the chief data/information officer in cities. What sort of tasks (or city
functions) do they manage? Be sure to focus their responsibilities for communicating, managing
and analyzing data.
6. What is data-driven journalism? Discuss the process by which data-driven journalism occurs.
Discuss an example (real or theoretical) about the kind of story that might result from this process.
