TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘I Don’t Like Maths, That’s Why I am in Journalism’
T2 - Journalism Student Perceptions and Myths about Data Journalism
AU - Weiss, Amy Schmitz
AU - Retis-Rivas, Jéssica
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, University of Wollongong.
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Journalism programs today face the need to train their students in the latest applications and tools - including data journalism techniques. Despite several classes and programs available in this subject area (Berret & Phillips, 2016), students are not actively enrolling in such classes. Using an epistemological approach and Actor-Network Theory (Latour, 2005), this exploratory study of US journalism students identifies some key perceptions that highlight potential barriers to entry for enrollment in such courses.
AB - Journalism programs today face the need to train their students in the latest applications and tools - including data journalism techniques. Despite several classes and programs available in this subject area (Berret & Phillips, 2016), students are not actively enrolling in such classes. Using an epistemological approach and Actor-Network Theory (Latour, 2005), this exploratory study of US journalism students identifies some key perceptions that highlight potential barriers to entry for enrollment in such courses.
KW - actor-network theory
KW - Data journalism
KW - journalism education
KW - math
KW - statistics
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U2 - 10.1177/1326365X18780418
DO - 10.1177/1326365X18780418
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85048863048
SN - 1326-365X
VL - 28
SP - 1
EP - 15
JO - Asia Pacific Media Educator
JF - Asia Pacific Media Educator
IS - 1
ER -