The Social Life of Data
The Production of Political Facts in EU Policy Governance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12430480 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher C Leite (corresponding author), Can E Mutlu (0000-0001-6681-8751) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 71-82 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1075-2846 • E-ISSN: 1942-6720 |
| Publisher | Lynne Rienner Publishers (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1163/19426720-02301007 |
| OpenAlex | W2594061270 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Data presented in European Union documents have a social life of their own; they are collected, analyzed, disseminated, used, and reused. Along the way, data interact with different external elements—economic, social, and political actors, positions, and preferences—transforming their potential for different contexts and meanings. The Directorates-General are significant data actors, involved in both data-gathering and fact dissemination stages of data's social life and controlling the flows of data through the EU. This article focuses on the social life of two sets of data, tracing the evolution of these datasets into political discourses about disaster response and migration, and arguing that data never speak for themselves but rather evolve into facts through networks, which shape official policy discourses
Corporate governance · Economic system · Economics · European union · International trade · Multi-level governance · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social life · Social policy · Social science · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Social Media and Politics
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |