Automating the News : : How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Media / / Nicholas Diakopoulos.

From hidden connections in big data to bots spreading fake news, journalism is increasingly computer-generated. Nicholas Diakopoulos explains the present and future of a world in which algorithms have changed how the news is created, disseminated, and received, and he shows why journalists—and their...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
INTRODUCTION: THE ERA OF NEWS ALGORITHMS --
1. Hybridization: Combining Algorithms, Automation, and People in Newswork --
2. Journalistic Data Mining --
3. Automated Content Production --
4. Newsbots: Agents of Information --
5. Digital Paperboys: Algorithms in News Distribution --
6. Algorithmic Accountability Reporting --
CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF ALGORITHMIC NEWS MEDIA --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
INDEX
Summary:From hidden connections in big data to bots spreading fake news, journalism is increasingly computer-generated. Nicholas Diakopoulos explains the present and future of a world in which algorithms have changed how the news is created, disseminated, and received, and he shows why journalists—and their values—are at little risk of being replaced.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674239302
9783110652031
DOI:10.4159/9780674239302
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Nicholas Diakopoulos.