Alessandro Martinisi, Jairo Alfonso Lugo-Ocando

Statistics and the Quest for Quality Journalism

A Study in Quantitative Reporting

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at how numbers and statistics have been used to underpin quality in news reporting. In doing so, the aim is to challenge some common assumptions about how journalists engage and use statistics in their quest for quality news. It seeks to improve our understanding about the usage of data and statistics as a primary means for the construction of social reality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 495g
• ISBN-13: 9781785275333
• ISBN-10: 178527533X
• Artikelnr.: 60620916

Autorenporträt

Alessandro Martinisi is Lecturer at the Academy for Digital Entertainment in the Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands. Jairo Lugo-Ocando is Professor in Residence and Director of the Graduate School at Northwestern University in Qatar.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Numbers as information in the Information Society
Chapter 3: The never-ending debate on quality in journalism
Chapter 4: Statistics in journalism practice and principle
Chapter 5: The normative importance of 'quality' in Journalism
Chapter 6: Journalism meets statistics in real life
Chapter 7: The ideology of Statistics in the News
Epilogue
References
Index.