The domestication of data journalism in Palestine: Consumption of data-based news stories via social media

IF 2.7 2区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Journalism Pub Date : 2024-03-12 DOI:10.1177/14648849241237651

Shadi Abu-Ayyash, Hussein AlAhmad, Elias Kukali

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Abstract

Data journalism (DJ) stands out as a distinguished contemporary form of news storytelling in which data are simplified and communicated via visuals. It can disseminate knowledge on complex phenomena and contribute to the advancement of journalism. Understanding the motives of readers’ DJ consumption is vital to the understanding of three focal elements in the journalism equation: society, journalists, and news-media institutions. This paper fills a gap in the knowledge about studies in DJ – audience interrelationship, contributing to the understanding of the twinning relationship between domesticating everchanging communication technologies and DJ consumption. The theoretical framework draws on news consumption and domestication theory in examining the way media and communication students in Palestinian universities (hereinafter MC students) interact with DJ-based stories communicated via social media platforms. Surveying MC students ( N = 99) at four prominent Palestinian universities in the West Bank, the paper explores the motivations behind MC students’ DJ consumption, and how recent media technologies might induce its levels of consumption. Targeting Facebook, results show that MC students’ engagement with DJ stories is primarily induced by their interest in the topics presented, with social and human stories as primary topics. Other inducers included visuals, proximity to topics discussed, and familiarity with the publishing source.

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数据新闻在巴勒斯坦的本土化：通过社交媒体消费基于数据的新闻报道

数据新闻（DJ）是当代一种杰出的新闻报道形式，它将数据简化并通过视觉效果进行传播。它可以传播有关复杂现象的知识，促进新闻业的发展。了解读者消费数据新闻的动机，对于了解新闻业的三个焦点要素--社会、记者和新闻媒体机构--至关重要。本文填补了 DJ 与受众相互关系研究方面的知识空白，有助于理解日新月异的传播技术驯化与 DJ 消费之间的孪生关系。本文的理论框架借鉴了新闻消费和驯化理论，研究了巴勒斯坦大学媒体与传播专业学生（以下简称 MC 学生）与通过社交媒体平台传播的 DJ 新闻之间的互动方式。本文对约旦河西岸四所著名巴勒斯坦大学的传媒与传播专业学生（N = 99）进行了调查，探讨了传媒与传播专业学生消费 DJ 背后的动机，以及最新的媒体技术会如何诱导其消费水平。以 Facebook 为目标，结果显示，管委会学生对 DJ 故事的参与主要是由于他们对所呈现的主题感兴趣，而社会和人文故事是主要的主题。其他诱因包括视觉效果、与讨论主题的接近程度以及对发布源的熟悉程度。

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Journalism COMMUNICATION-

CiteScore

7.90

自引率

10.30%

发文量

123

期刊介绍： Journalism is a major international, peer-reviewed journal that provides a dedicated forum for articles from the growing community of academic researchers and critical practitioners with an interest in journalism. The journal is interdisciplinary and publishes both theoretical and empirical work and contributes to the social, economic, political, cultural and practical understanding of journalism. It includes contributions on current developments and historical changes within journalism.