Parasie Computing the News

Data Journalism and the Search for Objectivity
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-231-55327-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Sylvain Parasie examines how data journalists and news organizations have navigated the tensions between traditional journalistic values and new technologies. Offering an in-depth analysis of how computing has become part of the daily practices of journalists, this book proposes ways for journalism to evolve in order to serve democratic societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parasie, Sylvain

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken Data Mining
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wissenssoziologie, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Techniksoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Trying to Be Nonjudgmental
Part I. Two Paths to Data Journalism
1. Revealing Injustice with Computers, 1967–1995
2. Rankings; or, The Unintended Consequences of Computation, 1988–2000
Part II. A Challenge for Journalism
3. Rebooting Journalism
4. A Tale of Two Cultures?
5. The Tensions Facing Data Journalism
Part III. Data Journalism in the Making
6. The Making of a Revelation
7. How Not to Get Academic
8. The Art of Bringing About Publics
Conclusion: An Ethics of Reflexivity
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sylvain Parasie is professor of sociology at Sciences Po, médialab in Paris.