DATA CITIZENSHIP: DATA LITERACIES TO CHALLENGE POWER IMBALANCE
Elinor Carmi, Simeon J. Yates · AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research · 2021
In this paper we present the findings from the third phase of our (redacted) project on citizens data literacies. The data literacies framework we developed - Data Citizenship - stemmed from an analysis of recent literature on data and digital literacy combined with ideas from democratic education. In particular, we focus on the power imbalance between citizens and ‘big-tech’ and government entities who access, process and use data about citizens and their networks. We argue that due to its collective, socially contextualised, and people-centred qualities, democratic education provides a useful foundation for future data literacy education and research interventions. Following an extensive literature review (first phase), and then a UK nationally representative survey (phase 2), we have conducted focus groups during Autumn 2020 and Winter 2021 with citizens.