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Data Discourse

Data Discourse

Definition of discourse

Discourse is applied to analyze literary and non-literary texts. Discourse is found in array of disciplines: critical theory, sociology, and other fields.


Data as discourse


Elements/Examples of data discourse

The discourses of sharing, reuse, open access, open government, transparency, accountability, social entrepreneurship, and economies of scale have been mobilised to form a discursive regime that promotes investment in open data and associated repositories.



Data narratives - narrating data and narrating with data

The discourses and imaginaries are arranged into data narratives that tell persuasive stories about data and their associated assemblages.

Data discourse theory and its overlap with other theories

Data imaginaries and discourses are drawn together to constitute what Focault (1977) termed a discursive regime: a set of interlocking arguments that justifies and sustains new developments and naturalises, legitimates and reproduces their use. The discourses utilised within a regime seek to promote and make their message seem like common sense, to persuade people and institution to their lofic, and to believe and act in relation to this logic.

Data discourse and debates

Opposition of data discourses

Article body

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