Computing the News - Data Journalism and the Search for Objectivity

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Sylvain Parasie
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9780231199773
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19977-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, COMPUTERS / Data Science / Data Analytics, language arts & disciplines