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Apostles of Certainty: Data Journalism and the Politics of Doubt (Oxford Studies in Digital Politics)

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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 the news in creative ways. Can journalists use data--along with other forms of quantified information such as paper documents of figures, data visualizations, and charts and graphs--in order to produce better journalism?

In this book, C.W. Anderson traces the genealogy of data journalism and its material and technological underpinnings, arguing that the use of data in news reporting is inevitably intertwined with national politics, the evolution of computable databases, and the history of professional scientific fields. It is impossible to understand journalistic uses of data, Anderson argues, without understanding the oft-contentious relationship between social science and journalism. It is also impossible to disentangle empirical forms of public truth telling without first understanding the remarkably persistent Progressive belief that the publication of empirically verifiable information will lead to a more just and prosperous world. Anderson considers various types of evidence (documents, interviews, informational graphics, surveys, databases, variables, and algorithms) and the ways these objects have been used through four different eras in American journalism (the Progressive Era, the
interpretive journalism movement of the 1930s, the invention of so-called "precision journalism," and today's computational journalistic moment) to pinpoint what counts as empirical knowledge in news reporting. Ultimately the book shows how the changes in these specifically journalistic understandings of evidence can help us think through the current "digital data moment" in ways that go beyond simply journalism.

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"[Anderson] richly documents the history of the development of an ideology, that of journalistic objectivity, which generated something of a sect embodied in a variety of figures in different historical periods." -- Valeria Burgio, TECNOSCIENZA

"...C. W. Anderson's book-length study significantly broadens our perspective on data journalism and the technological, institutional, practical, and intellectual settings that allowed it to emerge and thrive." -- Christian Pentzold, University of Bremen, The International Journal of Press/Politics

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C.W. Anderson is Professor of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds. He studies journalism, politics, and how the production of public knowledge is being transformed in the digital age. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of several books including Rebuilding the News, Remaking News (with Pablo Boczkowski), and News: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Michael Schudson and Len Downie).

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press (September 13, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0190492341
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0190492342
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.2 x 0.5 x 6.2 inches

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What was journalism about in the past? What is it about now, and what might it look like in the future? If you are thinking about the answers to these questions, this book will help you figure them out.

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