Automating the News：How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Media
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- 出版社 Harvard University Press
- 出版时间 2019年6月
- ISBN 9780674976986
内容简介
Fromhiddenconnectionsinbigdatatobotsspreadingfakenews,journalismisincreasinglycomputer-generated.Anexpertincomputerscienceandmediaexplainsthepresentandfutureofaworldinwhichnewsiscreatedbyalgorithm.Amidthepushforself-drivingcarsandtheroboticizationofindustrialeconomies,automationhasprovenoneofthebiggestnewsstoriesofourtime.Yetthewide-scaleautomationofthenewsitselfhaslargelyescapedattention.Inthislivelyexposéofthatrapidlyshiftingterrain,NicholasDiakopoulosfocusesonthepeoplewhotellthestories—increasinglywiththehelpofcomputeralgorithmsthatarefundamentallychangingthecreation,dissemination,andreceptionofthenews.Diakopoulosrevealshowmachinelearninganddatamininghavetransformedinvestigativejournalism.Newsbotsconversewithsocialmediaaudiences,distributingstoriesandreceivingfeedback.OnlinemediahasbecomeaplatformforA/Btestingofcontent,helpingjournaliststobetterunderstandwhatmovesaudiences.Algorithmscanevendraftcertainkindsofstories.Thesetechniquesenablemediaorganizationstotakeadvantageofexperimentsandeconomiesofscale,enhancingthesustainabilityofthefourthestate.Buttheyalsoplacepressureoneditorialdecision-making,becausetheyallowjournaliststoproducemorestories,sometimesbetterones,butrarelyboth.AutomatingtheNewsrespondstohypeandfearssurroundingjournalisticalgorithmsbyexploringthehumaninfluenceembeddedinautomation.Thoughtheeffectsofautomationaredeep,Diakopoulosshowsthatjournalistsareatlittleriskofbeingdisplaced.Withalgorithmsattheirfingertips,theymayworkdifferentlyandtelldifferentstoriesthantheyotherwisewould,buttheirvaluesremainthedrivingforcebehindthenews.Thehuman–algorithmhybridthusemergesasthelatestembodimentofanage-oldtensionbetweencommercialimperativesandjournalisticprinciples.
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