Apostles of Certainty: Data Journalism and the Politics of Doubt

by C.W. Anderson

Book Overview

From data-rich infographics to 140 character tweets and activist cell phone photos taken at political protests, 21st century journalism is awash in new ways to report, display, and distribute the news. Computational journalism, in particular, has been the object of recent scholarly and industry attention as large datasets, powerful algorithms, and growing technological capacity at news organizations seemingly empower journalists and editors to report...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190492341
• ISBN13: 9780190492342
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"