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Title News, numbers and public opinion in a data-driven world / edited by An Nguyen
Published New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018
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Contents Data and statistics in news production. Common statistical errors in the news : the often-unfulfilled roles of journalists in statistics-society relationship / Fabienne Crettaz von Roten ; More light, less heat : rethinking impartiality in light of a review into the reporting of statistics in UK news media / Stephen Cushion and Justin Lewis ; Numbers that kill : how dubious statistics shaped news reporting of the Drone War / Muhammad Idrees Ahmad ; Poor numbers, poor news : the ideology of poverty statistics in the media / Jairo Lugo-Ocando and Brendan Lawson ; Statistics in science journalism : an exploratory study of four leading British and Brazilian newspapers / Renata Faria Brandao and An Nguyen ; Data journalism at its finest : a longitudinal analysis of the characteristics of award-nominated data journalism projects / Julius Reimer and Wiebke Loosen ; Numbers behind the news : audience metrics and the changing nature of gatekeeping / An Nguyen and Hong Tien Vu -- Data and statistics in news consumption. The power of numbers, reconsidered / Scott R. Maier ; Big data, little insight : an anecdotal and quantitative descriptions of threatening trends and their effects on news consumers / Charles R. Berger ; Effects of statistical information in news reports on individual's recall and understanding of events and issues : implications for journalistic practices / Rhonda Gibson and Coy Callison
Numbers in the news : more Ethos than Logos? / Willem Koetsenruijter ; Audience uses and evaluations of news visualizations : when does and infographic say More than a thousand words? / Yael de Haan, Sanne Kruikemeier, Sophie Lecheler, Gerard Smit, and Renee van der Nat -- Agenda for the future. Towards a fruitful relationship between statistics and the media : one statistician's view / Kevin McConway ; Mind the statistics gap : science journalism as a bridge between data and journalism / Holger Wormer ; Teaching statistical reasoning (or not) in journalism education : findings and implications from surveys with US J-chairs / Robert J. Griffin and Sharon Dunwoody -- Four conceptual lenses for journalism amidst big data : towards an emphasis on epistemological challenges / Oscar Westlund and Seth C. Lewis
Summary From the quality of the air we breathe to the national leaders we choose, data and statistics are a pervasive feature of daily life and daily news. But how do news, numbers and public opinion interact with each other - and with what impacts on society at large? Featuring an international roster of established and emerging scholars, this book is the first comprehensive collection of research into the little understood processes underpinning the uses/misuses of statistical information in journalism and their socio-psychological and political effects. -- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 29, 2018)
Subject Journalism -- Mathematics
Statistics.
Journalism -- Data processing
statistics.
Press & journalism.
Data analysis: general.
Communication studies.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
Journalism -- Data processing
Statistics
Journalismus
Statistik
Datenanalyse
Datenauswertung
Datenaufbereitung
Meinungsbildung
Beeinflussung
Öffentliche Meinung
Journalistik
Ethik
Sozialpsychologie
Form Electronic book
Author Nguyen, An, 1975- editor.
LC no. 2017044595
ISBN 9781501330377
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9781501330360
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