Automating the News: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Media 9780674239302

Table of contents :
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: THE ERA OF NEWS ALGORITHMS
1. Hybridization: Combining Algorithms, Automation, and People in Newswork
2. Journalistic Data Mining
3. Automated Content Production
4. Newsbots: Agents of Information
5. Digital Paperboys: Algorithms in News Distribution
6. Algorithmic Accountability Reporting
CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF ALGORITHMIC NEWS MEDIA
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX