The contemporary availability of data and the growing possibility of their processing have also influenced the journalistic field. Several global news companies have embraced and enhanced forms of data use. This article provides an overview of research and analysis on the journalistic use of data. It discusses three broad definitions of data, computational, and automated journalism. It then debates their epistemological implications at each stage of news production (access, processing, and editing). Finally, it outlines factors that influence their future implication, focusing on education.

Quantitatively oriented forms of journalism and their epistemology / S. Splendore. - In: SOCIOLOGY COMPASS. - ISSN 1751-9020. - 10:5(2016), pp. 343-352.

Quantitatively oriented forms of journalism and their epistemology

S. Splendore
2016

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The contemporary availability of data and the growing possibility of their processing have also influenced the journalistic field. Several global news companies have embraced and enhanced forms of data use. This article provides an overview of research and analysis on the journalistic use of data. It discusses three broad definitions of data, computational, and automated journalism. It then debates their epistemological implications at each stage of news production (access, processing, and editing). Finally, it outlines factors that influence their future implication, focusing on education.
big data; innovation
Settore SPS/08 - Sociologia dei Processi Culturali e Comunicativi
2016
2016
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