Open Data in Mobile Applications, New Models for Service Information

• Main Authors: Manuel GÉRTRUDIX BARRIO, Sergio ÁLVAREZ GARCÍA, Mario RAJAS FERNÁNDEZ
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2016-06-01
• Series: Fonseca: Journal of Communication
• Subjects: millennial; móvil; Smartphone; web 2.0; redes sociales; universidad
• Online Access: http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/2172-9077/article/view/14622

The combination of open data generated by government and the proliferation of mobile devices enables the creation of new information services and improved delivery of existing ones. Significantly, it allows citizens access to simple,quick and effective way to information. Free applications that use open data provide useful information in real time, tailored to the user experience and / or geographic location. This changes the concept of “service information”. Both the infomediary sector and citizens now have new models of production and dissemination of this type of information. From the theoretical contextualization of aspects such as processes datification of reality, mobile registration of everyday experience, or reinterpretation of the service information, we analyze the role of open data in the public sector in Spain and its application concrete in building apps based on this data sets. The findings indicate that this is a phenomenon that will continue to grow because these applications provide useful and efficient information to decision-making in everyday life.