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Veri Haberciliği: Demokratik Medya İçin Olanaklar
Data Journalism: Opportunities for Democratized Media

Author(s): Burak Doğu
Subject(s): Media studies, Theory of Communication, Social development
Published by: Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
Keywords: Data journalism; big data; open data; democratic media;

Summary/Abstract: Defining data journalism within the democratic media perspective, this study presents a broad frame of issues regarding the connexion of journalism and data. It covers a field of issues such as the effects of data on professional orientation, reinstitutionalization of the media, changes in the production routines, and open data policies. Data journalism challenges the way news is defined as it differs from the conventional forms of journalism by proposing new techniques in news making with a focus on the role of the journalist in using data for public good. As a first step, this study examines how the concept of big data is realized in the field of journalism and how data should be positioned later within the context of data journalism with issues related to the evolving of data journalism. Secondly, data journalism’s impact on professional orientations is discussed over media outlets, data journalism companies, and civic initiatives with reference to the changes in trends. Thirdly, opportunities for democratized media are revealed as part of open data debates with conditions resulting from the democratization of sources, tools, and methods. Finally, stages of data journalism are listed to depict the practical processes and potential risks. Overall, this study proposes a new point of reference for the prospective journalistic trends in Turkey.

  • Issue Year: 21/2015
  • Issue No: 83
  • Page Range: 181-197
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Turkish