Apostles of certainty : data journalism and the politics of doubt / C.W. Anderson.
Series: Oxford studies in digital politics: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190492373 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Journalism -- History -- 20th century | Journalism -- History -- 21st century | Journalism -- Objectivity
| Journalism -- Data processing | Attribution of news | Journalism -- Technological innovationsAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190492335DDC classification: 070.9051 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Can journalists use data in order to produce better journalism? In this text, C.W. Anderson traces the genealogy of data journalism and its material and technological underpinnings, arguing that the use of data in news reporting is inevitably intertwined with national politics, the evolution of computable databases, and the history of professional scientific fields. This work shows how the changes in specifically journalistic understandings of evidence can help us think through the current 'digital data moment' in ways that go beyond simply journalism.
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Previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Can journalists use data in order to produce better journalism? In this text, C.W. Anderson traces the genealogy of data journalism and its material and technological underpinnings, arguing that the use of data in news reporting is inevitably intertwined with national politics, the evolution of computable databases, and the history of professional scientific fields. This work shows how the changes in specifically journalistic understandings of evidence can help us think through the current 'digital data moment' in ways that go beyond simply journalism.
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