Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Research Interest
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Research literature on data journalism
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Research questions
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Method
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Undertaking a systematic literature review
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Scientific Databases
ACM Digital Sowiport
EBSCO Springer
IEEE SpringerLink
Sociological Abstracts
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33 research publications
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MEDIA & DESIGNRecords identified
from scientific
databases
(n= 772)
Preliminary corpus:
Excluded after
publications included
screening
after screening of
(n= 739)
records (n= 33)
Further publications
References from Excluded after
from expert poll of
preliminary corpus screening
data journalism
(n = 1151) (n= 1148)
researchers (n= 4)
Further publications
included after screening
of references
(n = 3)
software-assisted qualitative
content analysis
(Kaefer, Roper, & Sinha, 2015; Mayring, 2000;
Schreier, 2012; QSR International, 2015)
computational analysis of
structural aspects
(Kreibich, 2016; Lopez, 2009)
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Results
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n=40
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Publications by type and citations
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n=40
bubble size = number of citations in Google Scholar
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Affiliations & collaborations
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References per year
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1787-2015
n=1644
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Most-cited references
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Nr. of
Publication
Citations
Parasie, S., & Dagiral, E. (2013). Data-driven journalism and the public good:
“Computer-assisted-reporters” and “programmer-journalists” in Chicago. 15
New Media & Society, 15(6), 853–871.
Gray, J., Bounegru, L., & Chambers, L. (Eds.). (2012). The data journalism
handbook: How journalists can use data to improve the news. Sebastopol: 13
O’Reilly.
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Theoretical frames
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Research designs & data collection methods
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In-depth interviews 25
Content analysis 21
Survey 5
Short-term observation 3
Newsroom ethnography 1
Note. Content analysis includes analysis of news, databases, blogs, job ads,
visualizations, briefings, manuals, and more. Short-term observation encompasses visits
to the newsroom and participation in meetings. A newsroom ethnography is defined as a
detailed study of a newsroom over the course of several days.
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Geographical scope
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Number of
Country
studies
United States 16
United Kingdom 14
Germany 5
International 3
n/a 3
Sweden 2
Switzerland 2
Norway 2
Netherlands 2
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Research gaps in data journalism research
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Conclusion
Conclusion
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Research opportunities
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References
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Society, 15(7), 1005–1021. doi: 10.1177/1461444812465137
Appelgren, E., & Nygren, G. (2014). Data journalism in Sweden: Introducing new methods and genres of
journalism into “old” organizations. Digital Journalism, 2(3), 394–405. doi:
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Ausserhofer, J. (2015). „Die Methode liegt im Code”: Routinen und digitale Methoden im
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