INFLUENCE OF INTERNET ON DISSEMINATION OF OFFICIAL STATISTICS

INFLUENCE OF INTERNET ON DISSEMINATION OF OFFICIAL STATISTICS Tomaž Smrekar

CONTENTS 1. 2. 3. Dissemination of official statistics in pre-internet period Dissemination of official statistics in internet period Future of dissemination of official statistics on internet Tomaz Smrekar: Internet_dissemination_Prague_2009 2

CONTENTS 1. 2. 3. Dissemination of official statistics in pre-internet period Dissemination of official statistics in internet period Future of dissemination of official statistics on internet Tomaz Smrekar: Internet_dissemination_Prague_2009 3

OFFICIAL STATISTICS IN PRE-INTERNET PERIOD By media: • paper publications, • computer printouts, • magnetic tapes and CD-ROMs. By product: • simple statistical tables, • more detailed tables, • time series, • charts, • more written material (statistical analysis), • explanation notes on concepts, sources and methods. Tomaz Smrekar: Internet_dissemination_Prague_2009 4

OFFICIAL STATISTICS IN PRE-INTERNET PERIOD Type of users: • researchers - statistically literate, • government officials - statistically literate, • (some specialised) journalists - less statistically literate. Main dissemination channel for statistics to businesses and the general public was the media. Tomaz Smrekar: Internet_dissemination_Prague_2009 5

CONTENTS 1. 2. 3. Dissemination of official statistics in pre-internet period Dissemination of official statistics in internet period Future of dissemination of official statistics on internet Tomaz Smrekar: Internet_dissemination_Prague_2009 6

OFFICIAL STATISTICS IN INTERNET PERIOD Official statistics became more: • visible, • accessible • free of charge • used by more different user groups – – – – general public media, researchers, students, policy makers, businesses, non-governmental institutions. Tomaz Smrekar: Internet_dissemination_Prague_2009 7

• • TYPICAL STATISTICAL PRODUCTS ON INTERNET tables, databases of tables, micro data, metadata and knowledge databases, static and animated graphs and maps, electronic versions of paper documents, electronic-only documents, podcasts. Tomaz Smrekar: Internet_dissemination_Prague_2009 8

NSIS PRESENT • • data and metadata, data release dates, business information for reporting units, school curriculum materials for teachers and students, • research and information papers, • podcasts promoting statistical literacy, • access to micro data. Tomaz Smrekar: Internet_dissemination_Prague_2009 9

USERS‘ INFLUENCE ON PRODUCTS AND SERVICES • • • extraction of data from electronic databases, storytelling, writing for web, better metadata (for aggregates and micro data), reports aiming to build trust in the system of official statistics, notification e-mails, RSS, self-help tools for data visualisation and animation and upgrading statistical literacy, portals for presentation of statistics. Tomaz Smrekar: Internet_dissemination_Prague_2009 10

CONTENTS 1. 2. 3. Dissemination of official statistics in pre-internet period Dissemination of official statistics in internet period Future of dissemination of official statistics on internet Tomaz Smrekar: Internet_dissemination_Prague_2009 11

WEB 3. 0 TECHNOLOGY New technology will enable: • remix, • reuse, • repurpose of official statistics. Tomaz Smrekar: Internet_dissemination_Prague_2009 12

FACTS FOR FUTURE DISSEMINATION OF DATA • How to find the way in the mass of data? • International data will gain importance • Artificial creation of new knowledge Tomaz Smrekar: Internet_dissemination_Prague_2009 13

COMPETITION OF DIFFERENT DATA IN VIRTUAL WORLD Official statistics has a lot of advantages to other data: • attached metadata and quality reports, • long time series, • regional breakdowns, • comparison in international context. Tomaz Smrekar: Internet_dissemination_Prague_2009 14