Computer-assisted Reporting - Brossura

Garrison, Bruce

Brossura

ISBN 10: 080581633X ISBN 13: 9780805816334

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1995

Riassunto

This book presents an overview of what is suddenly happening within the relatively new field called computer-assisted reporting (CAR). The rapid rate at which personal computing is changing has made it a tool for journalists. And as personal computing grows, so do its applications in the media newsroom.

To introduce journalists to computer-assisted reporting, this book describes how leading journalists are using personal computers for more than just writing in the news gathering process. American society has been inundated by a flood of computerized public and private records. Many records formerly kept on paper are now stored in computers. Many records that were never before kept are now retained in databases. And records that are not computerized can very easily be converted into databases. These developments have prompted journalists to become increasingly more involved with computers during the past decade. Much, if not most, news reporting now depends upon the use of computers. Knowledge of how to access and use computer databases is essential for the journalists of the future.

This book focuses on the computerization of news reporting. Not only does the personal computer of the mid-1990s assist journalists by making writing easier, it makes reporting more efficient. The book begins with a demonstration of methods reporters can use to get more from their computers -- data retrieval and analysis, information storage, and dissemination of that information in both processed and unprocessed forms. The book concludes with a proposal for development of computer literacy in the newsroom.

This is not a "how-to" book. It is best described as a "what's happening" book because it discusses current and future developments in the use of computers for information gathering by the news media. The single most important focus is on the changing nature of news reporting in the wake of down-sizing, down-pricing, up-powering, and up-speeding of business-type desktop and portable personal computers. Numerous new approaches to reporting and research have developed in the past decade in parallel with the evolution of personal computers. With these new techniques coming to the field of reporting in the mid-1990s, there is need for a book that covers both the merger of traditional information gathering methods and the newly developing ones. This book introduces readers to the new information gathering and analytical techniques evolving with new computer-based technology.

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Contenuti

Contents: Preface. Part I: Introduction. Microchip Journalism: The Evolving World of Computer-Based Reporting. Using Personal Computers, Modems, and Software. Part II: Online News and Information. Online Information: A 21st Century News Reporting Tool. Commercial Online Services and CD-ROM Databases. Using Government Databases. Bulletin Board Systems as Reporting Tools. Access and the Cost of Using Databases. Using Computers for Reporting on the Road. Part III: Elementary Information Management. News Researchers: The Online Newsroom Specialists. Word Processors and Personal Information Managers in Reporting. Part IV: Advanced Database Reporting Strategies. Data Processing and Analysis for News Stories. Using Data in Spreadsheets and Statistical Packages. Database Management, Mapping, and Nine-Track Systems. Polls and Surveys as Reporting Tools. Part V: Computing Goals for the Newsroom. Creating the Computer-Literate Journalist. Appendices: Leading Online News Research Databases and Commercial Database Services. Online Services in Use at Selected Daily Newspapers. Major Federal Government Bulletin Board Systems. Sample Survey Research Questionnaire. Survey Database and SPSS Programming Example. SPSS/PC+ Sample Output.

Product Description

Book by Garrison Bruce

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 080581633X
• ISBN 13: 9780805816334
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 424
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile