Information and Knowledge Society

Nerd journalism: How data and digital technology transformed news graphics

Doctoral Programme on the Information and Knowledge Society
09/06/2017

Author: Alberto Cairo Touriño
Programme: Doctoral Programme on the Information and Knowledge Society
Language:  English
Supervisor: Dr Jordi Sánchez Navarro
Faculty / Institute: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3)

Key words: Journalism, visualitzation, infographics, technology, data


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Abstract:

This dissertation explores the deep transformations that news graphics -charts, graphs, maps, diagrams in news publications- have experienced in the past twenty years. It discusses how the rise of digital data and tools have affected the composition of professional departments who create this kind of product, and also the kinds of graphics they produce, as well as the way they interpret their role in modern journalism.