This volume seeks to analyse the emerging wave of data journalism in the Global South. It does so by examining trends, developments and opportunities for data journalism in the aforementioned contexts. Whilst studies in this specific form of journalism are increasing in numbers and significance, there remains a dearth of literature on data journalism in less developed regions of the world. By demonstrating an interest in data journalism across countries including Chile, Argentina, the Philippines, South Africa and Iran, among others, this volume contributes to multifaceted transnational debates on journalism, and is a crucial reference text for anyone interested in data journalism in the ‘developing’ world. Drawing on a range of voices from different fields and nations, sharing empirical and theoretical experiences, the volume aims to initiate a global dialogue among journalism practitioners, researchers and students.
1. A new dawn for the developing world? Probing Data journalism in
non-Western societies.- Part I: Africa.-
2. Data Journalism and the Panama
Papers: New Horizons for Investigative Journalism in Africa.-
3. Prospects
for data journalism in Zimbabwe: challenges of engendering a democratic
society and an informed citizenry in the digital age.-
4. Hobbling Across
Bumps and Grinds: A Study on the Possibilities of Journalistic Reinvention
Through Data Journalism in Rwanda.-
5. Data Journalism in Nigeria:
Interrogating the Nigerian Mainstream Medias Data-Driven Reporting of the
Elections of 2019.-
6. Data Journalism in the Age of Big Data: An Exploration
into the Uptake of Data Journalism in Leading South African Newspapers.- Part
II: Asia and Oceania.-
7. Dancing with chains: A case study of data
journalism in China.-
8. Data Journalism in the Philippines: New trends, new
practices for old media organizations.-
9. Data Journalism in the Pacific:
Practices and perceptions.-
10. Towards DataJournalism in Russia?.- Part III:
Middle East.-
11. Data Journalism and Investigative Reporting in the Arab
World: From emotive to evidence-based Journalism.-
12. The Status of Data
Journalism in Iranian Media.-
13. A Desert Flower.- Part IV: Latin America.-
14. Data Journalism in Latin America: Community, Development and
Contestation.-15. Journalism and Civil Society: Key to Data Journalism in
Argentina.-16. Data Journalism in Chile: Towards a critical appropriation.-
Big Data and Algorithms: The New Path of Cross-Border Investigative Journalism
Bruce Mutsvairo is an Associate Professor in Journalism at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Saba Bebawi is Professor in Journalism at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Eddy Borges-Rey is Associate Professor in Digital Journalism and Emerging Media at Northwestern University, Qatar.
