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] ©2019 |
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 |
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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. |