From citizen data to wisdom of the Crowd
Decentralised Citizens ENgagement Technologies Specific Targeted Research Project Collective Awareness Platforms
The work leading to this publication has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007 - 2013) under grant agreement n° 610349.
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Lead beneficiary: UOC and Eurecat
D2.4 From citizen data to wisdom of the Crowd
December 2015 Version Number: 1
Authors: Pablo Aragón David Laniado
Contributors: Alberto Abellán Miguel Aguilera Pedro Álvarez Miguel Arana Alejandra Baciero Yago Barmejo Enrique García Tomás Gómez David Ruescas
Editors and Reviewers: Natalie Eskinazi Francesca Bria
The work leading to this publication has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007 - 2013) under grant agreement n° 610349.
The content of this report reflects only the author’s view and that the Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. FP7 – CAPS - 2013 D-CENT D2.4 Data Visualisation: From Citizen Data to Wisdom of the Crowd
Contents
Executive Summary ...... 3 1. Decide Madrid ...... 4 1.1 Debates ...... 4 1.2 Proposals ...... 5 2. DemIC ...... 8 2.1 BetaDemIC - Data Analysis working line ...... 9 3. Open Source Technologies ...... 12 3.1 Kibana ...... 12 3.2 D3.js ...... 13 3.3 Sigma.js ...... 14 4. Results ...... 15 4.1 Case Study: Diffusion Campaigns ...... 15 4.2 Research Task: Community Structure ...... 21 4.2.1 Network of users ...... 21 4.2.2 Network of tags ...... 23 4.3 Research Task: Proposals Lifecycle ...... 25 4.4 Research Task: Users Lifecycle ...... 29 4.5 Research Task: Modelling of Debates ...... 33 5. Conclusions ...... 40 6. References ...... 42
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Executive Summary
In this document we present the work of data visualisation performed on the Decide Madrid platform. This platform was launched on September 2015 by the Madrid City Council for open citizen decision-making. In the first section we explain the functionalities of Decide Madrid and the political framework of the Area of Citizen Participation, Transparency and Open Government ruled by the Madrid City Council. The second section describes the BetaDemic research network and the collaboration established with the D-CENT project that defined the data visualisation tasks of this work. These tasks were devised to monitor usage patterns, guide the development of the platform and enhance user experience in order to foster citizen participation. In the third section we describe the open source technologies and the analytical methods that have been employed. Results are presented in the fourth section and organised in 5 parts: The impact of the diffusion campaigns The community structure of Decide Madrid The proposals’ lifecycle The users’ lifecycle The modelling of online debates
The outcome of this work is useful in different ways. First, the results of the data visualisation were used to inform the development of the platform, as well as the assessment of the political participation process. On the other hand, the visualisations offer an intuitive way to explore data, and can be added to the platform to provide the end-users with a richer experience, and a higher awareness of the status of the community. We strongly believe that our results should motivate the integration of these capabilities in platforms for digital participation in order to turn citizen data into the wisdom of the crowd.
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1. Decide Madrid
In September 2015 the new City Council of Madrid, led by the emerging grassroots party Ahora Madrid, launched Decide Madrid, a website for citizen participationi. This web, under the motto “La ciudad que quieres será la ciudad que quieras”ii is integrated into the new Open Government Portal of Madrid (see Figure 1). The portal consists of the following sections: Participation (Decide Madrid): A space to discuss and decide the city model (debates, citizen proposals, participatory budgets, collaborative laws, etc.).