Influence Networks: mapio’r berthynas rhwng sefydliadau a phobol

Influence Networks: The six degrees of investigative journalism » OWNI.eu, News, Augmented.

Dwi’n gynyddol impresd efo be mae’r rhwydwaith newyddiadurol  Ffrengig Owni yn ei wneud. Eu prosiect diweddaraf yw lansiad app ar gyfer newyddiadurwyr, NGOs ac ymgyrchwyr i helpu i wneud dadansoddiad o rwydweithiau.

Mae Influence Networks yn galluogi defnyddwyr i ychwanegu pobol a sefydliadau at y gronfa ddata, gan nodi eu perthynas a’u gilydd, yn ogystal â nodi beth yw lefel gwirionedd y berthynas yna (h.y. ai dim ond sibrydion o berthynas neu ydi’r berthynas yn hysbys ac wedi ei gadarnhau).

Mi alla i wedl defnydd o hwn ar gyfer mapio gweithgareddau’r Cynulliad a gwneud y gwaith o geisio deall pwy sy’n gwneud beth yn ychydig mwy eglur.

Dyma eglurhad o sut gallai gael ei ddefnyddio ar gyfer torfoli ymchwiliad:

Influence Networks’ aim is to allow any journalist or citizen to call for a collaborative investigation on a given topic. Let’s say you want to check on all contractors in the US military. You could do that by hand (very time consuming) or ask for contributions that you then check by hand (again, a very long process).

With Influence Networks, all data is collaboratively validated and managed on a machine-readable format. That means that data can be linked with other relevant repositories and speak for itself. A search between “US government” and “military contractors” could reveal who might have a conflict of interest when going to war, for instance. Remember in late 2001, when KBR, a Halliburton subsidiary, was granted a 10-year contract wherever US troops went? A network analysis tool at the time might have made the ties between KBR and vice-president Cheney clearer.

Enghraifft ddiddorol o dorfoli dwi’n meddwl a mae wastad yn braf gweld arloesedd o’r fath yn deillio o’r tu allan i’r UDA.