Statistics and the Quest for Quality Journalism - A Study in Quantitative Reporting

This book looks at how numbers and statistics have been used to underpin quality in news reporting. In doing so, the aim is to challenge some common assumptions about how journalists engage and use statistics in their quest for quality news. It seeks to improve our understanding about the usage of data and statistics as a primary means for the construction of social reality.

List of contents

List of Illustrations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Numbers as information in the Information Society; Chapter 3: The never-ending debate on quality in journalism; Chapter 4: Statistics in journalism practice and principle; Chapter 5: The normative importance of 'quality' in Journalism; Chapter 6: Journalism meets statistics in real life; Chapter 7: The ideology of Statistics in the News; Epilogue; References; Index.

About the author

Alessandro Martinisi is Lecturer at the Academy for Digital Entertainment in the Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands.

Jairo Lugo-Ocando is Professor in Residence and Director of the Graduate School at Northwestern University in Qatar.

Product details

• Authors: Jairo Alfonso Lugo-Ocando, Alessandro Martinisi, Alessandro Lugo-Ocando Martinisi
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781839985836
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-583-6
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, Social Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Social research and statistics