Computing the News: Data Journalism and the Search for Objectivity

Sylvain Parasie

Published by Columbia University Press 2022

Computing the News

Data Journalism and the Search for Objectivity

Sylvain Parasie

https://doi.org/10.7312/para19976

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About this book

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.

Author information

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

Reviews

Nicholas Diakopoulos, author of Automating the News: How Algorithms are Rewriting the Media:
Computing the News is required reading for anyone studying data journalism. Weaving together deep sociological insights with much-needed historical context, Parasie expertly parses how the field has tactfully integrated data and computing while maintaining normative commitments.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
FIGURES Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
INTRODUCTION Trying to Be Nonjudgmental Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I TWO PATHS TO DATA JOURNALISM
1 REVEALING INJUSTICE WITH COMPUTERS, 1967– 1995 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
2 RANKINGS; OR, THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF COMPUTATION, 1988– 2000 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
PART II A CHALLENGE FOR JOURNALISM
3 REBOOTING JOURNALISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
4 A TALE OF TWO CULTURES? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
5 THE TENSIONS FACING DATA JOURNALISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
PART III DATA JOURNALISM IN THE MAKING
6 THE MAKING OF A REVELATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
7 HOW NOT TO GET ACADEMIC Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
8 THE ART OF BRINGING ABOUT PUBLICS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
CONCLUSION An Ethics of Reflexivity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

eBook

Published: October 26, 2022
ISBN: 9780231553278