Small Departures, Big Continuities?: Norms, values, and routines in The Guardian's big data journalism

被引:77
作者
Tandoc, Edson C., Jr. [1 ]
Oh, Soo-Kwang [2 ]
机构
[1] Nanyang Technol Univ, Wee Kim Wee Sch Commun & Informat, Singapore, Singapore
[2] William Paterson Univ, Dept Commun, Wayne, NJ USA
关键词
big data; content analysis; journalism; journalism practice; news values; online news; UNITED-STATES; TRANSPARENCY; OBJECTIVITY; ETHICS; ONLINE; US; INNOVATION; COVERAGE; IMPACT; WORLD;
D O I
10.1080/1461670X.2015.1104260
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
Through a content analysis of big data journalism stories from The Guardian (N=260), a pioneer in contemporary big data journalism, we sought to investigate how the practice of big data journalism compares with traditional news values, norms, and routines. Findings suggested that big data journalism shows new trends in terms of how sources are used, but still generally adhere to traditional news values and formats such as objectivity and use of visuals.
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页码:997 / 1015
页数:19
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